About the Authors

Adriano Felipe Perez Siqueira

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Spermatozoa Biology, Department of Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Letícia Signori de Castro

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Spermatozoa Biology, Department of Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Patrícia Monken de Assis

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Spermatozoa Biology, Department of Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Luana de Cássia Bicudo

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Spermatozoa Biology, Department of Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Camilla Mota Mendes

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Laboratory of Spermatozoa Biology, Department of Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Laboratory of in vitro Fertilization, Cloning and Animal Transgenesis, Department of Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Marcílio Nichi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Andrology, Department of Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

José Antônio Visintin

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

Affiliation Laboratory of in vitro Fertilization, Cloning and Animal Transgenesis, Department of Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Mayra Elena Ortiz D’Ávila Assumpção

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

meoaa@usp.br

Affiliation Laboratory of Spermatozoa Biology, Department of Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.