About the Authors

Patricio Retamal

Affiliations Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile, Programa de Doctorado Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Mario Castillo-Ruiz

Affiliation Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile

Guido C. Mora

gmora@unab.cl

Affiliation Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PR GCM. Performed the experiments: PR MCR GCM. Analyzed the data: PR GCM. Wrote the paper: PR GCM.