About the Authors

Samuel Jonsson

Affiliation Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section of Anatomy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Rebecca Wiberg

Affiliation Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section of Anatomy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Aleksandra M. McGrath

Affiliations Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section of Anatomy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Department of Surgical & Perioperative Science, Section of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Lev N. Novikov

Affiliation Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section of Anatomy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Mikael Wiberg

Affiliations Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section of Anatomy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Department of Surgical & Perioperative Science, Section of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Liudmila N. Novikova

paul.kingham@anatomy.umu.se (PJK); liudmila.novikova@anatomy.umu.se (LNN)

Affiliation Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section of Anatomy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Paul J. Kingham

paul.kingham@anatomy.umu.se (PJK); liudmila.novikova@anatomy.umu.se (LNN)

Affiliation Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section of Anatomy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: L. N. Novikov L. N. Novikova MW PK. Performed the experiments: SJ RW AMM PK. Analyzed the data: SJ RW AMM L. N. Novikov L. N. Novikova PK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MW. Wrote the paper: SJ L. N. Novikov PK.