About the Authors
- Kumiko Kato
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: ku-katou@morinagamilk.co.jp
Affiliation Next Generation Science Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., LTD., Kanagawa, Japan
- Sachiko Ishida
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Business Planning Group, Next Generation Science Institute, DeNA Life Science, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
- Masami Tanaka
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis
Affiliation R&D Group, DeNA Life Science, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
- Eri Mitsuyama
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Roles Investigation
Affiliation Next Generation Science Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., LTD., Kanagawa, Japan
- Jin-zhong Xiao
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Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Next Generation Science Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., LTD., Kanagawa, Japan
- Toshitaka Odamaki
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Next Generation Science Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., LTD., Kanagawa, Japan
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy, and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Kumiko Kato, Eri Mitsuyama, Jin-zhong Xiao and Toshitaka Odamaki were employed by Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd., and Sachiko Ishida and Masami Tanaka were employed by DeNA Life Science, Inc. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.