About the Authors

Ettore Randi

Affiliations Laboratorio di Genetica, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e Ricerca Ambientale, Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy, Department 18/Section of Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Pavel Hulva

Affiliations Department of Zoology, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, Life Science Research Centre, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Elena Fabbri

Affiliation Laboratorio di Genetica, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e Ricerca Ambientale, Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy

Marco Galaverni

Affiliation Laboratorio di Genetica, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e Ricerca Ambientale, Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy

Ana Galov

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Josip Kusak

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Daniele Bigi

Affiliation Department of Agricultural and Food Science and Technology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Barbora Černá Bolfíková

Affiliation Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Milena Smetanová

Affiliation Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Romolo Caniglia

romolo.caniglia@isprambiente.it

Affiliation Laboratorio di Genetica, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e Ricerca Ambientale, Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ER EF RC. Performed the experiments: EF RC. Analyzed the data: ER EF RC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ER PH EF RC. Wrote the paper: ER RC. Sample collection: ER PH AG JK DB BCB MS. Manuscript revision: ER PH EF MG DB RC.