About the Authors

Alessandra Gallo

Affiliation Animal Physiology and Evolution Laboratory, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy

Gian Luigi Russo

Affiliations Animal Physiology and Evolution Laboratory, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy, Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, Avellino, Italy

Elisabetta Tosti

tosti@szn.it

Affiliation Animal Physiology and Evolution Laboratory, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG GLR ET. Performed the experiments: AG. Analyzed the data: AG GLR ET. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ET. Wrote the paper: AG GLR ET.