About the Authors

Azadeh Montaseri

Contributed equally to this work with: Azadeh Montaseri, Franziska Busch

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Franziska Busch

Contributed equally to this work with: Azadeh Montaseri, Franziska Busch

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Ali Mobasheri

Affiliation Division of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom

Constanze Buhrmann

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Constance Aldinger

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Jafar Soleimani Rad

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Mehdi Shakibaei

mehdi.shakibaei@med.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS JSR A. Montaseri. Performed the experiments: A. Montaseri FB CA CB. Analyzed the data: A. Montaseri A. Mobasheri MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS A. Montaseri A. Mobasheri. Wrote the paper: A. Montaseri JSR A. Mobasheri MS.