About the Authors

Lucia Manni

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Fabio Gasparini

fabio.gasparini@unipd.it

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Kohji Hotta

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan

Katherine J. Ishizuka

Affiliation Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, and Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford, California, United States of America

Lorenzo Ricci

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (University of Paris 06), Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer, Observatoire Océanographique, Villefranche-sur-mer, France

Stefano Tiozzo

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (University of Paris 06), Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer, Observatoire Océanographique, Villefranche-sur-mer, France

Ayelet Voskoboynik

Affiliation Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, and Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford, California, United States of America

Delphine Dauga

Affiliation Bioself Communication, Marseille, France

Competing Interests

The authors received funding from a commercial source (i.e., afm-telethon.com) and are employed by a commercial company (i.e., Bioself Communication). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM DD. Analyzed the data: LM FG KH KJI LR ST AV DD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LM DD. Wrote the paper: LM FG KH KJI LR ST AV DD.