About the Authors

Bruno Carneiro

brunocopo@yahoo.com.br (BC); prahal@ibilce.unesp.br (PR)

Affiliations Genomics Study Laboratory, Sao Paulo State University, IBILCE, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom

Ana Cláudia Silva Braga

Affiliation Genomics Study Laboratory, Sao Paulo State University, IBILCE, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil

Mariana Nogueira Batista

Affiliation Genomics Study Laboratory, Sao Paulo State University, IBILCE, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil

Mark Harris

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom

Paula Rahal

brunocopo@yahoo.com.br (BC); prahal@ibilce.unesp.br (PR)

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Genomics Study Laboratory, Sao Paulo State University, IBILCE, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BC MH PR. Performed the experiments: BC ACSB MNB. Analyzed the data: BC ACSB MNB MH PR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH PR. Wrote the paper: BC ACSB MNB MH PR.