About the Authors

Theofano Panayiotou

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Stella Michael

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Apostolos Zaravinos

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations College of Medicine, Member of QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, Department of Life Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Ece Demirag

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Charis Achilleos

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Katerina Strati

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

strati.katerina@ucy.ac.cy

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.