About the Authors
- Camilla Valente Pires
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Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Flávia Cristina de Paula Freitas
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Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Alexandre S. Cristino
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Affiliation The University of Queensland, Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
- Peter K. Dearden
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Affiliation Genetics Otago and Gravida, the National Centre for Growth and Development, Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Zilá Luz Paulino Simões
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* E-mail: zlpsimoe@usp.br
Affiliation Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Competing Interests
PKD is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board Member, but this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CVP FCPF ZLPS. Performed the experiments: CVP. Analyzed the data: CVP FCPF ASC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PKD ZLPS. Wrote the paper: CVP FCPF ASC PKD ZLPS.