• Dr. Yuri Jorge Peña-Ramirez wrote the article. He is a researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur in Campeche, Mexico. His work focus on biotechnology of tropical plants. (Twitter @Biotec_Forestal)
  • Lauren Nelson edited the article. Lauren is a Ph.D. student at Newcastle University (UK), researching computational drug design alongside the Northern Institute for Cancer Research. Lauren also writes a scientific blog aiming to stop science from seeming so boring. (Twitter @ashortscientist; Instagram @ashortscientist; Blog: ashortscientist.wordpress.com).
  • Ernesto Llamas made the illustrations. He obtained his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Universitat de Barcelona doing his research at the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics. Creator, editor and illustrator of Sketching Science. (Twitter @neto_flames; Instagram @eellamas).