About the Authors

Silvia Marková

Affiliation Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Laboratory of Molecular Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Liběchov, Czech Republic

France Dufresne

Affiliation Département de Biologie, Centre d’Études Nordiques, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Québec, Canada

Marina Manca

Affiliation CNR Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, Verbania, Italy

Petr Kotlík

kotlik@iapg.cas.cz

Affiliation Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Laboratory of Molecular Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Liběchov, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM FD PK. Performed the experiments: SM. Analyzed the data: SM PK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM FD MM PK. Wrote the manuscript: SM FD MM PK.