About the Authors

Annika Herwig

Contributed equally to this work with: Annika Herwig, Emmely M. de Vries

Current address: Zoological Institute, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Affiliation Rowett Institute for Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Emmely M. de Vries

Contributed equally to this work with: Annika Herwig, Emmely M. de Vries

Affiliation Rowett Institute for Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Matei Bolborea

Affiliations Rowett Institute for Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Dana Wilson

Affiliation Rowett Institute for Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Julian G. Mercer

Affiliation Rowett Institute for Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Francis J. P. Ebling

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Peter J. Morgan

Affiliation Rowett Institute for Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Perry Barrett

P.Barrett@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliation Rowett Institute for Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PB PJM JGM. Performed the experiments: AH EdV MB DW. Analyzed the data: AH EdV PB MB. Wrote the paper: AH FJPE JGM PB.