About the Authors

Konstantina T. Tsoumani

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Elena Drosopoulou

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thessaloniki, Greece

Kostas Bourtzis

Affiliations Insect Molecular Genetics Group, IMBB, Vassilika Vouton, 71110 Heraklion, Crete, PO Box 1527, Greece, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Patras, Agrinio, Greece, Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria

Aggeliki Gariou-Papalexiou

Affiliation Department of Biology, Division of Genetics, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Penelope Mavragani-Tsipidou

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thessaloniki, Greece

Antigone Zacharopoulou

Affiliation Department of Biology, Division of Genetics, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Kostas D. Mathiopoulos

kmathiop@bio.uth.gr

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KDM AZ KB. Performed the experiments: KTT ED KB AGP PMT KDM. Analyzed the data: KTT KB KDM AZ PMT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KDM AZ KB PMT. Wrote the paper: KTT ED KB PMT AZ KDM.