About the Authors

Nicola Saino

nicola.saino@unimi.it

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Maria Romano

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Diego Rubolini

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Celine Teplitsky

Affiliation Départment Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité UMR 7204, CNRS/MNHN/UPMC, Paris, France

Roberto Ambrosini

Affiliation Department of Biothecnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Manuela Caprioli

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Luca Canova

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy

Kazumasa Wakamatsu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

Competing Interests

Author Nicola Saino is an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE. 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: NS. Performed the experiments: NS MR DR RA MC LC. Analyzed the data: NS CT KW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NS LC KW. Wrote the paper: NS CT KW.