About the Authors
- Jose Luis Zambrano
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* E-mail: jlzr@ivic.gob.ve (JLZ); jludert@cinvestav.mx (JL)
Affiliation Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), CMBC. Caracas, Venezuela
- Orlando Sorondo
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Affiliations Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), CMBC. Caracas, Venezuela, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), Caracas, Venezuela
- Ana Alcala
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Affiliation Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), CMBC. Caracas, Venezuela
- Esmeralda Vizzi
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Affiliation Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), CMBC. Caracas, Venezuela
- Yuleima Diaz
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Affiliation University of Bergen Thormøhlensgate 55, Bergen, Norway
- Marie Christine Ruiz
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Affiliation Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), CBB. Caracas, Venezuela
- Fabian Michelangeli
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Affiliation Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), CBB. Caracas, Venezuela
- Ferdinando Liprandi
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Affiliation Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), CMBC. Caracas, Venezuela
- Juan E. Ludert
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* E-mail: jlzr@ivic.gob.ve (JLZ); jludert@cinvestav.mx (JL)
Affiliation Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Ciudad de México, México
Competing Interests
The authors declare financial funding by IVIC, and Venezuelan LOCTI Program (TOTAL VENEZUELA, S.A., Helmerich & Paine and Deloitte Group). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JLZ JL. Performed the experiments: JLZ OS AA YD. Analyzed the data: JLZ JL MCR EV FM FL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLZ EV FL. Wrote the paper: JLZ JL.