Thivierge, Caroline
Renaud, Limoilou-Amélie
Dupras, Jérôme
Helbing, Caren C.
Langlois, Valerie S.
Asselin, Hugo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Genome Canada (#312ITD)
Article History
Received: 25 September 2025
Accepted: 24 March 2026
First Online: 28 March 2026
Declarations
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: An ethical research certificate was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee (REC) of the Université du Québec en Outaouais (certification number 2023–2513) and the Research Ethics Board of the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (certification number 2023–06) prior to participant recruitment. All procedures involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committees and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments.All authors have read, understood, and have complied as applicable with the statement on “Ethical responsibilities of Authors” as found in the Instructions for Authors.
: All respondents were fully informed about the study’s objectives and procedures and provided written informed consent prior to participation.
: The authors declare no competing interests.