About the Authors

Edwin A. Mellisho

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Concepción, Chillán, Concepción, Chile

Alejandra E. Velásquez

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Concepción, Chillán, Concepción, Chile

María J. Nuñez

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Concepción, Chillán, Concepción, Chile

Joel G. Cabezas

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Concepción, Chillán, Concepción, Chile

Juan A. Cueto

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, IHEM-CONICET, Faculty of Medical Sciences, National University of Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina

Claudio Fader

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, IHEM-CONICET, Faculty of Medical Sciences, National University of Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina

Fidel O. Castro

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Concepción, Chillán, Concepción, Chile

Lleretny Rodríguez-Álvarez

llrodriguez@udec.cl

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Concepción, Chillán, Concepción, Chile

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: EAM AEV MJN JGC FOC LLRA. Data curation: EAM LLRA JAC CF. Formal analysis: EAM LLRA. Funding acquisition: LLRA. Investigation: EAM AEV JGC MJN LLRA. Methodology: EAM LLRA. Project administration: LLRA. Resources: LLRA FOC JAC CF. Supervision: LLRA CF. Validation: LLRA FOC CF. Visualization: EAM LLRA AEV FOC. Writing – original draft: EAM LLRA. Writing – review & editing: LLRA FOC.