About the Authors

Marcello Ziosi

Contributed equally to this work with: Marcello Ziosi, Luis Alberto Baena-López

Affiliation Dipartimento di Patologia Sperimentale, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna, Italy

Luis Alberto Baena-López

Contributed equally to this work with: Marcello Ziosi, Luis Alberto Baena-López

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom

Daniela Grifoni

daniela.grifoni@unibo.it

Affiliations Dipartimento di Patologia Sperimentale, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna, Italy, Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna, Italy

Francesca Froldi

Affiliation Dipartimento di Patologia Sperimentale, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna, Italy

Andrea Pession

Affiliation Dipartimento di Ginecologia, Ostetricia e Pediatria, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna, Italy

Flavio Garoia

Affiliation NGB Genetics s.r.l, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Vincenzo Trotta

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna, Italy

Paola Bellosta

Affiliation Department of Biology, City College of the City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Sandro Cavicchi

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna, Italy

Annalisa Pession

Affiliation Dipartimento di Patologia Sperimentale, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Marcello Ziosi, Luis Alberto Baena-López, Daniela Grifoni, Flavio Garoia. Performed the experiments: Marcello Ziosi, Luis Alberto Baena-López, Daniela Grifoni, Francesca Froldi. Analyzed the data: Marcello Ziosi, Luis Alberto Baena-López, Daniela Grifoni, Francesca Froldi, Vincenzo Trotta, Sandro Cavicchi, Annalisa Pession. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Andrea Pession, Paola Bellosta. Wrote the paper: Marcello Ziosi, Luis Alberto Baena-López, Daniela Grifoni, Andrea Pession.