About the Authors

Marcelo Freire Moro

bio_moro@yahoo.com.br

Affiliation State University of Campinas—UNICAMP, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Bloco M, CEP 13.083–970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Igor Aurélio Silva

Affiliation State University of Campinas—UNICAMP, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Bloco M, CEP 13.083–970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Francisca Soares de Araújo

Affiliation Federal University of Ceará—UFC, Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus do Pici, Bloco 906, CEP 60455–760, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

Eimear Nic Lughadha

Affiliation Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom

Thomas R. Meagher

Affiliation School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9TH, United Kingdom

Fernando Roberto Martins

Affiliation State University of Campinas—UNICAMP, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Bloco M, CEP 13.083–970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MFM IAS TRM FRM. Performed the experiments: MFM TRM IAS. Analyzed the data: MFM IAS FSA ENL TRM FRM. Wrote the paper: MFM IAG FSA ENL TRM FRM.