About the Authors

Francesco Martoni

Current Address: Bio-Protection Research Centre, Faculty of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Danna G. Eickbush

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Claudia Scavariello

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Andrea Luchetti

andrea.luchetti@unibo.it

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Barbara Mantovani

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FM DGE AL BM. Performed the experiments: FM DGE CS. Analyzed the data: DGE AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DGE BM. Wrote the paper: FM DGE AL BM.