About the Authors
- Megumi Matsumoto
-
* E-mail: matsumegrace@gmail.com
Affiliation Department of Physical Education, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, 3-25-40, Sakurajosui, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Masahito Hagio
-
Affiliations Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-9, Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Faculty of Life Sciences, Toyo University, 1-1-1 Izumino, Itakura-machi, Ora-gun, Gunma, Japan
- Ryo Inoue
-
Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Science, Kyoto Prefectural University, Shimogamo, Kyoto, Japan
- Tomohiro Mitani
-
Affiliation Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-9, Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Masako Yajima
-
Affiliation Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Hiroshi Hara
-
Affiliation Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-9, Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Takaji Yajima
-
Affiliation Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors received funding from a commercial source “Meiji Co.” The authors declare that this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MM MH HH TY. Performed the experiments: MM MH RI TM. Analyzed the data: MM MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM RI TM MY HH. Wrote the paper: MM MH.