About the Authors

Jimmy A. Guerrero-Vargas

Affiliation Laboratório de Toxinologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Caroline B. F. Mourão

Affiliation Laboratório de Toxinologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Verónica Quintero-Hernández

Affiliation Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Lourival D. Possani

Affiliation Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Elisabeth F. Schwartz

efschwa@unb.br

Affiliation Laboratório de Toxinologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VQH EFS LDP. Performed the experiments: JAGV CBFM. Analyzed the data: JAGV CBFM EFS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EFS LDP. Wrote the paper: JAGV CBFM VQH EFS LDP. Obtained permission for Tityus obscurus collection: EFS. Obtained permission for Tityus pachyurus collection: JAGV.