About the Authors

Vassia Schiza

Contributed equally to this work with: Vassia Schiza, Diego Molina-Serrano

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Diego Molina-Serrano

Contributed equally to this work with: Vassia Schiza, Diego Molina-Serrano

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Dimitris Kyriakou

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Antonia Hadjiantoniou

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Antonis Kirmizis

kirmizis@ucy.ac.cy

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VS DMS AK. Performed the experiments: VS DMS DK AH AK. Analyzed the data: VS DMS AK. Wrote the paper: AK.