About the Authors

Rafael A. Baraúna

rabarauna@ufpa.br

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Center of Genomics and Systems Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Rommel T. J. Ramos

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Center of Genomics and Systems Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Adonney A. O. Veras

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Center of Genomics and Systems Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Kenny C. Pinheiro

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Center of Genomics and Systems Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Leandro J. Benevides

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Marcus V. C. Viana

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Luís C. Guimarães

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Center of Genomics and Systems Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Judy M. Edman

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Sharon J. Spier

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Vasco Azevedo

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Artur Silva

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Center of Genomics and Systems Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RAB RTJR JME SJS VA AS. Data curation: RAB RTJR AAOV KCP LJB MVCV LCG. Funding acquisition: AS. Investigation: RAB RTJR. Methodology: RAB RTJR LCG SJS VA AS. Project administration: AS. Resources: JME SJS VA AS. Software: RAB RTJR AAOV KCP LJB MVCV LCG. Supervision: SJS VA AS. Visualization: RAB. Writing – original draft: RAB. Writing – review & editing: RTJR AAOV KCP LJB MVCV LCG JME SJS VA AS.