About the Authors
- Koh Nomura
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Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Kanagawa, Japan
- Takahiro Yonezawa
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* E-mail: cyclotis@gmail.com
Affiliations School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Institute of the Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan
- Shuhei Mano
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Affiliation Institute of the Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan
- Shigehisa Kawakami
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Affiliation Gunma Safari World co. Ltd, Gunma, Japan
- Andrew M. Shedlock
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Affiliation College of Charleston Department of Biology and Medical University of South Carolina College of Graduate Studies, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
- Masami Hasegawa
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Affiliations School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Institute of the Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan
- Takashi Amano
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Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Kanagawa, Japan
Competing Interests
Shigehisa Kawakami is employed by Gunma Safari World co. Ltd. Blood samples of bezoar were collected from Gunma Safari World Co. Ltd, Japan for this study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KN TY MH TA. Performed the experiments: KN TA. Analyzed the data: TY SM MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK. Wrote the paper: KN TY SM AMS MH.