ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This research was supported by the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del
Ecuador (PUCE). I would like to say thank you to this institution, and
specifically to Ph. D. Rommel Montufar, director of Molecular Ecology
Laboratory where this research was carried out. I thank my lab colleague
Jalil Maiguashca who provided insight and expertise that assisted the
development of this research. I thank my colleague Jana Ebersbach for
helping me with the checking and formatting of this document.