About the Authors

Soraia F. M. Silva

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Laryssa C. A. Oliveira

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Fernanda C. R. Dias

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Eugenia Cordero-Schmidt

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Juan C. Vargas-Mena

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Ingrid G. M. Silva

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Sônia N. Báo

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

João L. S. Luna

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Ruthnaldo R. M. Lima

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Raimundo F. A. Júnior

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Naisandra B. S. Farias

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Carlos E. B. Moura

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid Region, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Sérgio L. P. Matta

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Danielle B. Morais

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

daniellebmorais@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.