About the Authors

Rodrigo Pires Dallacqua

rodrigo.dallacqua@ufms.br (RD); mmgbit@usp.br (MB)

Affiliation Setor de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Márcia Maria Gentile Bitondi

rodrigo.dallacqua@ufms.br (RD); mmgbit@usp.br (MB)

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RPD MMGB. Performed the experiments: RPD. Analyzed the data: RPD MMGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RPD MMGB. Wrote the paper: RPD MMGB.