About the Authors

Thomas Kolbe

Affiliations Biomodels Austria, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria, IFA-Tulln, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Tulln, Austria

Rupert Palme

Affiliation Unit of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Experimental Endocrinology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Alexander Tichy

Affiliation Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Platform, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Thomas Rülicke

thomas.ruelicke@vetmeduni.ac.at

Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK TR. Performed the experiments: TK RP. Analyzed the data: TK RP AT TR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK RP TR. Wrote the paper: TR.