About the Authors

Maria Laura Idda
Elena Kage
Jose Fernando Lopez-Olmeda
Philipp Mracek
Nicholas S. Foulkes

Nicholas.Foulkes@kit.edu (NSF); daniela.vallone@kit.edu (DV)

Affiliation Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein, Germany

Daniela Vallone

Nicholas.Foulkes@kit.edu (NSF); daniela.vallone@kit.edu (DV)

Affiliation Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflict. Co-author Nicholas Simon Foulkes is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DV NSF. Performed the experiments: MLI EK PM DV. Analyzed the data: MLI DV NSF JFL-O. Wrote the paper: DV NSF. Obtained permission for regenerative experiments in zebrafish: DV.