Schaan, Ana Paula
Costa, Lorenna
Santos, Diego
Modesto, Antonio
Amador, Marcos
Lopes, Camile
Rabenhorst, Sílvia Helena
Montenegro, Raquel
Souza, Bruno D. A.
Lopes, Thayson
Yoshioka, France Keiko
Pinto, Giovanny
Silbiger, Vivian
Ribeiro-dos-Santos, Ândrea
Funding for this research was provided by:
Rede de Pesquisa em Genômica Populacional Humana (3381/2013 CAPES - BioComputacional)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPQ 304413/2015-1)
Article History
Received: 22 February 2017
Accepted: 26 July 2017
First Online: 9 August 2017
Change Date: 21 March 2025
Change Type: ExpressionOfConcern
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Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-025-02366-y
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical consent was obtained according to the Helsinki Declaration. Ethical approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Federal University of Piauí, and Federal University of Ceará, under protocol numbers 27,493,614.0.0000.5293, 0443.0.045.000–11, and 702/04, respectively. Participants signed the Consent Form for participating in the research and analyses were performed preserving subjects anonymously throughout the study.
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