About the Authors

Alexandra Erb

Affiliation Institute of Animal Physiology, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Mike Althaus

mike.althaus@bio.uni-giessen.de

Affiliation Institute of Animal Physiology, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA. Performed the experiments: AE MA. Analyzed the data: AE MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AE MA.