About the Authors

Sandra Leidenfrost

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Marc Boelhauve

Affiliations Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, and Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany, South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Soest, Germany

Myriam Reichenbach

Affiliation Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, and Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Tuna Güngör

Affiliation Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, and Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Horst-Dieter Reichenbach

Affiliation Biotechnology Unit, Institute of Animal Breeding, Bavarian State Institute for Agriculture, Poing, Germany

Fred Sinowatz

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Eckhard Wolf

Affiliation Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, and Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Felix A. Habermann

f.habermann@lmu.de

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FAH SL MB H-DR FS EW. Performed the experiments: SL TG MR H-DR MB. Analyzed the data: SL FAH MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H-DR FS EW. Wrote the paper: SL FAH EW.