About the Authors

Renato de Souza Pinto Lemgruber

renatospl@hotmail.com

Affiliation Laboratory of Ecophysiology and Molecular Evolution (LEEM), Brazilian National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Nislanha Ana dos Anjos Marshall

Affiliation Laboratory of Ecophysiology and Molecular Evolution (LEEM), Brazilian National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Andrea Ghelfi

Affiliation Laboratory of Bioinformatics and modelling of middle Solimões (LBMS), Federal University of Amazon (UFAM), Coari, Amazonas, Brazil

Daniel Barros Fagundes

Affiliation Laboratory of Ecophysiology and Molecular Evolution (LEEM), Brazilian National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Adalberto Luis Val

Affiliation Laboratory of Ecophysiology and Molecular Evolution (LEEM), Brazilian National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSPL ALV. Performed the experiments: RSPL DBF. Analyzed the data: RSPL NAAM AG DBF ALV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ALV. Wrote the paper: RSPL ALV.