About the Authors

Aline Lima Leite

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Genetics and Evolution, Center of Biological Sciences and the Health, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Janete Gualiume Vaz Madureira Lobo

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

Heloísa Aparecida Barbosa da Silva Pereira

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Evolution, Center of Biological Sciences and the Health, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Mileni Silva Fernandes

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Evolution, Center of Biological Sciences and the Health, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Tatiani Martini

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

Fernanda Zucki

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

Dóris Hissako Sumida

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, Araçatuba Dental School, UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil

Alfredo Rigalli

Affiliation Bone Biology and Mineral Metabolism Laboratory, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) School of Medicine, Rosario National University, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Marília Afonso Rabelo Buzalaf

mbuzalaf@fob.usp.br

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MARB DHS AR ALL. Performed the experiments: ALL JGVML FZ MSF TM. Analyzed the data: HABSP ALL. Wrote the paper: HABSP DHS AR ALL MARB.