About the Authors

Danillo Pinhal

dlpinhal@ibb.unesp.br

Affiliation Departament of Genetics, UNESP - São Paulo State University, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Mahmood S. Shivji

Affiliation Save Our Seas Shark Center and Guy Harvey Research Institute, Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida, United States of America

Pedro G. Nachtigall

Affiliation Departament of Genetics, UNESP - São Paulo State University, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Demian D. Chapman

Affiliation School of Marine and Atmospheric Science & Institute for Ocean Conservation Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Cesar Martins

Affiliation Department of Morphology, UNESP - São Paulo State University, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DP MSS CM. Performed the experiments: DP PGN. Analyzed the data: DP MSS PGN DDC CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSS CM. Wrote the paper: DP MSS. Critically edited and revised previous drafts of the manuscript: DP MSS DDC CM.