About the Authors

Robert E. Poelmann

r.e.poelmann@lumc.nl

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Leiden, The Netherlands

Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Rebecca Vicente-Steijn

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Lambertus J. Wisse

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Margot M. Bartelings

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Sonja Everts

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Tamara Hoppenbrouwers

Affiliation Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Leiden, The Netherlands

Boudewijn P. T. Kruithof

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Bjarke Jensen

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Embryology and Physiology, AMC Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Bioscience-Zoophysiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Paul W. de Bruin

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Tatsuya Hirasawa

Affiliation Laboratory for Evolutionary Morphology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan

Shigeru Kuratani

Affiliation Laboratory for Evolutionary Morphology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan

Freek Vonk

Affiliation Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, Leiden, The Netherlands

Jeanne M. M. S. van de Put

Affiliation Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Leiden, The Netherlands

Merijn A. de Bakker

Affiliation Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Leiden, The Netherlands

Michael K. Richardson

Affiliation Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Leiden, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: REP ACGdG MKR. Performed the experiments: REP RVS SE T. Hoppenbrouwers BPTK BJ JMMSvdP. Analyzed the data: REP ACGdG MMB BJ PWdB MKR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LJW T. Hoppenbrouwers BPTK T. Hirasawa SK FV MAdB MKR. Wrote the paper: REP ACGdG BJ MKR.