A joint effort of the Brazilian Evo-Devo community

Rodrigo Nunes da Fonseca1, Tiana Kohlsdorf2, Igor Schneider3

  • 1Laboratório Integrado de Bioquímica Hatisaburo Masuda, Núcleo em Ecologia e Desenvolvimento Sócio-Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Macaé, RJ, Brazil. ; Laboratório Integrado de Morfologia, Núcleo em Ecologia e Desenvolvimento Sócio-Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Macaé, RJ, Brazil. ; Laboratório de Química e Função de Proteínas e Peptídeos, Universidade Estadual Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil. ; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. ; Laboratório Integrado de Morfologia, Núcleo em Ecologia e Desenvolvimento Sócio-Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Macaé, RJ, Brazil.

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