About the Authors

Hermine Mohr

Affiliation Max von Pettenkofer-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Christian A. Mohr

Affiliation Max von Pettenkofer-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Marlon R. Schneider

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Laura Scrivano

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Barbara Adler

Affiliation Max von Pettenkofer-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Simone Kraner-Schreiber

Affiliation Chair of Livestock Biotechnology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany

Angelika Schnieke

Affiliation Chair of Livestock Biotechnology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany

Maik Dahlhoff

Affiliation Chair of Livestock Biotechnology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany

Eckhard Wolf

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Ulrich H. Koszinowski

koszinowski@mvp.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Max von Pettenkofer-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Zsolt Ruzsics

Affiliation Max von Pettenkofer-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HM CAM BA LS EW UHK ZR. Performed the experiments: HM CAM BA LS MRS MD ZR. Analyzed the data: HM CAM LS BA ZR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BA MRS EW SK AS. Wrote the paper: HM CAM ZR UHK.