About the Authors
- Marcelo Santos da Silva
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Affiliations Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Jomar Patrício Monteiro
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Affiliation Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) Caprinos e Ovinos, Sobral, Ceará, Brazil
- Vinícius Santana Nunes
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Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
- Elton José Vasconcelos
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Affiliation Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Arina Marina Perez
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Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
- Lúcio de Holanda Freitas-Júnior
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Affiliation Laboratório Nacional de Biociências (LNBio), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Maria Carolina Elias
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Affiliation Center of Toxins, Immune Response and Cell Signaling (CeTICS), Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Maria Isabel Nogueira Cano
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* E-mail: micano@ibb.unesp.br
Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
Competing Interests
Dr. Maria Carolina Elias, one of the co-authors of the manuscript, is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MSS JPM LHFJ MCE MINC. Performed the experiments: MSS JPM VSN AMP EJV. Analyzed the data: MSS JPM VSN MCE MINC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCE LHFJ MINC. Wrote the manuscript: MSS JPM MCE MINC.