About the Authors

Asmahan Bekada

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Oran, Oran, Algeria

Rosa Fregel

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain, Forensic Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Legal Medicine of Las Palmas, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain

Vicente M. Cabrera

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

José M. Larruga

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

José Pestano

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain, Forensic Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Legal Medicine of Las Palmas, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain

Soraya Benhamamouch

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Oran, Oran, Algeria

Ana M. González

amglez@ull.es

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB VMC JML SB AMG. Performed the experiments: AB RF JML JP SB. Analyzed the data: AB VMC JML AMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RF JP SB. Wrote the paper: AB VMC JML AMG.