About the Authors

Alison A. Williams

awilli27@uw.edu (AW); cduch@uni-mainz.de (CD)

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Institute of Zoology- Neurobiology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Vera J. Mehler

Affiliation Institute of Zoology- Neurobiology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Christina Mueller

Affiliation Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Fernando Vonhoff

Affiliation Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Robin White

Affiliation Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Carsten Duch

awilli27@uw.edu (AW); cduch@uni-mainz.de (CD)

Affiliation Institute of Zoology- Neurobiology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAW FV RW CD. Performed the experiments: AAW VJM CM FV CD. Analyzed the data: AAW CD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RW CD. Wrote the paper: AAW CD.