About the Authors

Clautina R. M. Costa

Contributed equally to this work with: Clautina R. M. Costa, Matheus L. T. Feitosa, Maria A. M. Carvalho

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Integrated Nucleus of Morphology and Stem Cell Research (NUPCelt), Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Matheus L. T. Feitosa

Contributed equally to this work with: Clautina R. M. Costa, Matheus L. T. Feitosa, Maria A. M. Carvalho

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Integrated Nucleus of Morphology and Stem Cell Research (NUPCelt), Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Andressa R. Rocha

Roles Methodology

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Integrated Nucleus of Morphology and Stem Cell Research (NUPCelt), Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Dayseanny O. Bezerra

Roles Methodology

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Integrated Nucleus of Morphology and Stem Cell Research (NUPCelt), Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Yulla K. C. Leite

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Integrated Nucleus of Morphology and Stem Cell Research (NUPCelt), Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Napoleão M. Argolo Neto

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Integrated Nucleus of Morphology and Stem Cell Research (NUPCelt), Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Huanna W. S. Rodrigues

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Integrated Nucleus of Morphology and Stem Cell Research (NUPCelt), Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Antônio Sousa Júnior

Roles Methodology

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Technical College of Teresina, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil

Adalberto S. Silva

Roles Methodology

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Biology Department, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

José L. R. Sarmento

Roles Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Integrated Nucleus of Morphology and Stem Cell Research (NUPCelt), Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Lucilene S. Silva

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Integrated Nucleus of Morphology and Stem Cell Research (NUPCelt), Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Maria A. M. Carvalho

Contributed equally to this work with: Clautina R. M. Costa, Matheus L. T. Feitosa, Maria A. M. Carvalho

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

mcelina@ufpi.edu.br

Affiliation Integrated Nucleus of Morphology and Stem Cell Research (NUPCelt), Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.