About the Authors

Hans J. Rolf

hrolf@uni-goettingen.de

Affiliation University Hospital, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Clinical Research, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Uwe Kierdorf

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany

Horst Kierdorf

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany

Jutta Schulz

Affiliation University Hospital, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Clinical Research, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Natascha Seymour

Affiliation University Hospital, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Clinical Research, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Henning Schliephake

Affiliation University Hospital, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Clinical Research, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Joanna Napp

Affiliation University Hospital, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Clinical Research, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Sabine Niebert

Affiliation University Hospital, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Clinical Research, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Helmuth Wölfel

Affiliation Wildlife Biology and Game Management, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

K. Günter Wiese

Affiliation University Hospital, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Clinical Research, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HR UK HS KW. Performed the experiments: HR UK JS NS JN SN HW. Analyzed the data: HR UK HK SN KW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HR HW. Wrote the paper: HR UK HK KW.