About the Authors

Marcos Doniseti Michelotto

Affiliation Pólo Centro Norte, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Pindorama, São Paulo, Brazil

Waldomiro Barioni Jr.

Affiliation Embrapa Southeast Livestock, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Marcos Deon Vilela de Resende

Affiliation Embrapa Forestry,Colombo, Paraná, Brazil

Ignácio José de Godoy

Affiliation Agronomic Institute of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Eduardo Leonardecz

Current address: Laboratory of Computational Biology, Department of Genetics and Evolution, Federal University of São Carlos,–São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Affiliation Laboratory of Scientific Computing, Campus Planaltina, University of Brasília, Planaltina, Federal District, Brasília

Alessandra Pereira Fávero

alessandra.favero@embrapa.br

Affiliation Embrapa Southeast Livestock, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDM IJG APF. Performed the experiments: MDM IJG APF. Analyzed the data: WBJ EL MDVR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IJG APF. Wrote the paper: APF MDM WBJ.