About the Authors

Octavio M. Palacios-Gimenez

Affiliation UNESP—Univ. Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências/IB, Departamento de Biologia, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil

Carlos Roberto Carvalho

Affiliation UFV–Univ. Federal de Viçosa, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Viçosa, MG, Brazil

Fernanda Aparecida Ferrari Soares

Affiliation UFV–Univ. Federal de Viçosa, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Viçosa, MG, Brazil

Diogo C. Cabral-de-Mello

mellodc@rc.unesp.br

Affiliation UNESP—Univ. Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências/IB, Departamento de Biologia, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DCCM OMPG CRC FAFS. Performed the experiments: OMPG FAFS. Analyzed the data: DCCM OMPG CRC FAFS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DCCM CRC. Wrote the paper: DCCM OMPG CRC.