About the Authors

Teresa Rito

Affiliation IPATIMUP (Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto), Porto, Portugal

Martin B. Richards

Affiliation School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, QueensGate, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Verónica Fernandes

Affiliations IPATIMUP (Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto), Porto, Portugal, Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Farida Alshamali

Affiliation Dubai Police GHQ - General Department of Forensic Sciences & Criminology, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Viktor Cerny

Affiliations Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Institute for Advanced Study, Paris, France

Luísa Pereira

Contributed equally to this work with: Luísa Pereira, Pedro Soares

Affiliations IPATIMUP (Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto), Porto, Portugal, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Pedro Soares

Contributed equally to this work with: Luísa Pereira, Pedro Soares

pedroa@ipatimup.pt

Affiliation IPATIMUP (Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto), Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

Co-author Luísa Pereira is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. 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: MBR LP PS. Performed the experiments: TR VF. Analyzed the data: TR FA VC LP PS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FA VC LP. Wrote the manuscript: TR LP MBR PS.