About the Authors

Jéssica F. Felappi

Affiliation Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Renata C. Vieira

Affiliation Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Nelson J. R. Fagundes

nelson.fagundes@ufrgs.br (NJRF); lauraver@ufrgs.br (LVV)

Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Laura V. Verrastro

nelson.fagundes@ufrgs.br (NJRF); lauraver@ufrgs.br (LVV)

Affiliation Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JFF RCV NJRF LVV. Performed the experiments: JFF RCV. Analyzed the data: JFF NJRF LVV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LVV. Wrote the paper: JFF RCV NJRF LVV.