About the Authors

Cesar R. L. Amaral

Affiliation Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, São Francisco Xavier, Maracanã, Brazil

Paulo M. Brito

pbritopaleo@yahoo.com.br

Affiliation Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, São Francisco Xavier, Maracanã, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CRLA PMB. Performed the experiments: CRLA PMB. Analyzed the data: CRLA PMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMB CRLA. Wrote the paper: CRLA PMB.