About the Authors

Wolfgang Jakob

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: wolfgang.jakob@ecolevol.de

Affiliation Division of Ecology and Evolution, Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Bernd Schierwater

Affiliations Division of Ecology and Evolution, Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS. Performed the experiments: WJ. Analyzed the data: BS WJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS. Wrote the paper: BS WJ.