About the Authors

Elen A. Peres

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Evolution and Bioagents, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Thadeu Sobral-Souza

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Evolution and Bioagents, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Manolo F. Perez

Affiliation Department of Biology, Federal University of São Carlos, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Isabel A. S. Bonatelli

Affiliation Department of Biology, Federal University of São Carlos, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Daniel P. Silva

Affiliation Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Márcio J. Silva

Affiliation Center for Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Vera N. Solferini

veras@unicamp.br

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Evolution and Bioagents, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EAP VNS. Performed the experiments: EAP MJS. Analyzed the data: EAP TSS MFP IASB DPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJS VNS. Wrote the paper: EAP TSS MFP IASB DPS VNS.