About the Authors

Rui Pereira

Affiliations IPATIMUP – Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Forensic Sciences Luis Concheiro, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Christopher Phillips

Affiliation Institute of Forensic Sciences Luis Concheiro, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Nádia Pinto

Affiliations IPATIMUP – Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Mathematics Research Centre, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Carla Santos

Affiliation Institute of Forensic Sciences Luis Concheiro, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Sidney Emanuel Batista dos Santos

Affiliation Laboratório de Genética Humana e Médica, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil

António Amorim

Affiliations IPATIMUP – Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Ángel Carracedo

Affiliations Institute of Forensic Sciences Luis Concheiro, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Genomics Medicine Group, CIBERER, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Leonor Gusmão

lgusmao@ipatimup.pt

Affiliation IPATIMUP – Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RP AC LG. Performed the experiments: RP CS SEBdS. Analyzed the data: RP CP NP CS LG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CP SEBdS AA AC LG. Wrote the paper: RP LG. Critically reviewed the manuscript: CP CS NP SEBdS AA AC.