About the Authors

Sandra Van der Auwera

Affiliation Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

Ingo Bulla

Affiliations Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Group T-6, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Mario Ziller

Affiliation Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Island of Riems, Greifswald, Germany

Anne Pohlmann

Affiliation Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Island of Riems, Greifswald, Germany

Timm Harder

Affiliation Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Island of Riems, Greifswald, Germany

Mario Stanke

mario.stanke@uni-greifswald.de

Affiliation Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS MZ. Performed the experiments: SVdA MS AP TH. Analyzed the data: SVdA MS MZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IB. Wrote the paper: SVdA MS TH.