Pinheiro, Melquizedec Luiz Silva
Nagamachi, Cleusa Yoshiko
Ribas, Talita Fernanda Augusto
Diniz, Cristovam Guerreiro
O´Brien, Patricia Caroline Mary
Ferguson-Smith, Malcolm Andrew
Yang, Fengtang
Pieczarka, Julio Cesar https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2951-8877
Funding for this research was provided by:
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (305880/2017-9, 305876/2017-1, 552032/2010-7)
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (047/2012)
Fundação Amazônia Paraense de Amparo à Pesquisa (007/2011, 2010/110447)
Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social – BNDES (2.318.697.0001)
Article History
Received: 21 July 2020
Accepted: 14 December 2020
First Online: 22 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The specimens were kept stress-free with full access to food and water until their necessary euthanasia was performed in accordance with animal welfare guidelines established by Brazilian resolution CFMV n.1000/2012. The necessary euthanasia was performed by intraperitoneal injection of buffered and diluted barbiturates after local anesthesia, in accordance with animal welfare guidelines established by the Animal Ethics Committee (Comitê de Ética Animal) from Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), which authorized the present study (Permit 68-2015). JCP has a permanent field permit, number 13248 from “Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade”. The Cytogenetics Laboratory from UFPA has a special permit number 19/2003 from the Ministry of Environment for samples transport and 52/2003 for using the samples for research.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.