About the Authors

Miranda L. Davis

mldavis13@gmail.com

Affiliation School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, County Durham, United Kingdom

Philip A. Stephens

Affiliation School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, County Durham, United Kingdom

Stephen G. Willis

Affiliation School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, County Durham, United Kingdom

Elena Bassi

Affiliation Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy

Andrea Marcon

Affiliation Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy

Emanuela Donaggio

Affiliation Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy

Claudia Capitani

Affiliation Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy

Marco Apollonio

Affiliation Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: one of the authors, S.G. Willis is an editor at PLOS ONE. This has in no way affected the integrity of the authors' submission. 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: MA MD PS. Performed the experiments: CC EB AM ED. Analyzed the data: MD PS EB AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS CC EB AM ED. Wrote the paper: MD PS MA SW.