About the Authors

Erik Knutsen

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Tonje Fiskaa

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Anita Ursvik

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Tor Erik Jørgensen

Affiliation Marine Genomics group, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, University of Nordland, Bodø, Norway

Maria Perander

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Eiliv Lund

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Ole Morten Seternes

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Steinar D. Johansen

steinar.johansen@uit.no (SJ); morten.andreassen@uit.no (MA)

Affiliations Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, Marine Genomics group, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, University of Nordland, Bodø, Norway

Morten Andreassen

steinar.johansen@uit.no (SJ); morten.andreassen@uit.no (MA)

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EK MA TF OMS SDJ. Performed the experiments: EK MA TF AU. Analyzed the data: EK MA TF AU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TEJ MP EL OMS SDJ. Wrote the paper: EK MA MP SDJ. Shared corresponding author: SDJ MA.