About the Authors

Jun-Ichi Miyazaki

miyazaki@yamanashi.ac.jp

Affiliation Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan

Leonardo de Oliveira Martins

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

Yuko Fujita

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Hiroto Matsumoto

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Yoshihiro Fujiwara

Affiliation Research Program for Marine Biology and Ecology, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JIM. Performed the experiments: JIM YF HM YF. Analyzed the data: JIM LdOM YF HM YF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JIM LdOM YF. Wrote the paper: JIM LdOM.