About the Authors

Sophie Breton

breton.sophie@gmail.com

Affiliation Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America

Fabrizio Ghiselli

Affiliation Department of Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Marco Passamonti

Affiliation Department of Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Liliana Milani

Affiliation Department of Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Donald T. Stewart

Affiliation Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Walter R. Hoeh

Affiliation Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB WRH. Performed the experiments: FG LM MP. Analyzed the data: SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG LM MP WRH. Wrote the paper: SB FG MP DTS WRH. Discussed the data: SB FG MP DTS WRH.