About the Authors

Camilla Valente Pires

Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Flávia Cristina de Paula Freitas

Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Alexandre S. Cristino

Affiliation The University of Queensland, Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia

Peter K. Dearden

Affiliation Genetics Otago and Gravida, the National Centre for Growth and Development, Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Zilá Luz Paulino Simões

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.