About the Authors

Maria Augustyniak

maria.augustyniak@us.edu.pl

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Ecotoxicology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Anna Płachetka-Bożek

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Ecotoxicology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Alina Kafel

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Ecotoxicology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Agnieszka Babczyńska

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Ecotoxicology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Monika Tarnawska

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Ecotoxicology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Agnieszka Janiak

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Anna Loba

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Ecotoxicology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Marta Dziewięcka

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Ecotoxicology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Julia Karpeta-Kaczmarek

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Ecotoxicology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Agnieszka Zawisza-Raszka

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Ecotoxicology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MA AP-B AK AJ. Data curation: MA AJ. Formal analysis: MA AP-B AK AL MD JK-K. Funding acquisition: MA. Investigation: MA AP-B AK AB MT AJ AL MD JK-K AZ-R. Methodology: MA AP-B AJ MD JK-K. Project administration: MA. Resources: AP-B AK AB MT AZ-R. Software: MA AP-B AJ. Supervision: MA. Validation: MA AP-B AK AB MT AJ AL MD JK-K AZ-R. Visualization: MA AP-B AJ MD JK-K. Writing – original draft: MA. Writing – review & editing: MA AB MT AJ.