About the Authors

A. Cristina Paulo

cristinapaulo@ecsaude.uminho.pt

Affiliation Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

Margarida Correia-Neves

Affiliation Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

Tiago Domingos

Affiliation Environment and Energy Scientific Area, DEM, and IN+, Center for Innovation Technology and Research, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal

Alberto G. Murta

Affiliation Instituto Nacional dos Recursos Biolgicos - IPIMAR, Lisboa, Portugal

Jorge Pedrosa

Affiliation Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACP TD AGM. Performed the experiments: ACP. Analyzed the data: ACP AGM. Wrote the paper: ACP MCN TD AGM JP.