About the Authors

Olga Amelkina

olga.amelkina@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Reproduction Biology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Lina Zschockelt

Affiliation Department of Reproduction Biology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Johanna Painer

Affiliation Department of Reproduction Biology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Rodrigo Serra

Affiliation Iberian lynx captive breeding program, Centro Nacional de Reprodução de Lince Ibérico, Silves, Portugal

Francisco Villaespesa

Affiliation Iberian lynx captive breeding program, Centro de Cría de Lince Ibérico El Acebuche, Parque Nacional de Doñana, Huelva, Spain

Beate C. Braun

Affiliation Department of Reproduction Biology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Katarina Jewgenow

Affiliation Department of Reproduction Biology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OA BCB KJ. Performed the experiments: OA LZ. Analyzed the data: OA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP RS FV. Wrote the paper: OA. Contributed to the discussion of the results: OA BCB KJ. Performed critical revision of the manuscript: LZ JP RS FV BCB KJ.