About the Authors

Mariana Delfino-Machín

Current address: School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry and Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Romain Madelaine

Current address: Beckman Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Affiliation Centre de Biologie du Développement (CBD, UMR5547), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France

Giorgia Busolin

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Masataka Nikaido

Current address: Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Ako-gun, Hyogo Pref., Japan

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry and Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Sarah Colanesi

Current address: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Saarland, Homburg, Saar, Germany

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry and Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Karen Camargo-Sosa

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry and Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Edward W. P. Law

Current address: Department of Cancer Studies, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry and Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Stefano Toppo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Patrick Blader

natascia.tiso@unipd.it (NT); patrick.blader@univ-tlse3.fr (PB); bssrnk@bath.ac.uk (RNK)

Affiliation Centre de Biologie du Développement (CBD, UMR5547), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France

Natascia Tiso

natascia.tiso@unipd.it (NT); patrick.blader@univ-tlse3.fr (PB); bssrnk@bath.ac.uk (RNK)

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Robert N. Kelsh

natascia.tiso@unipd.it (NT); patrick.blader@univ-tlse3.fr (PB); bssrnk@bath.ac.uk (RNK)

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry and Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RNK ST PB NT. Formal analysis: MDM RM GB MN SC KCS ST. Funding acquisition: RNK MN KCS NT PB. Investigation: MDM RM GB MN SC KCS EWPL ST NT. Methodology: PB RNK. Project administration: RNK ST PB NT. Resources: ST. Supervision: PB NT RNK. Visualization: MDM RM GB MN SC KCS ST NT RNK. Writing – original draft: RNK. Writing – review & editing: MDM RM GB MN SC KCS ST PB NT RNK.