About the Authors

Martina Fantin

Contributed equally to this work with: Martina Fantin, Michael A. van der Kooij

Affiliation Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics, Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Michael A. van der Kooij

Contributed equally to this work with: Martina Fantin, Michael A. van der Kooij

Affiliation Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics, Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Jocelyn Grosse

Affiliation Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics, Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Claude Krummenacher

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Carmen Sandi

carmen.sandi@epfl.ch

Affiliation Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics, Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Claude Krummenacher acts as academic editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS. Performed the experiments: MF JG. Analyzed the data: MK MF JG CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CK. Wrote the paper: CS MK CK MF.