About the Authors

Regina Kropatsch

regina.kropatsch@rub.de

Affiliation Human Genetics, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany

Gabriele Dekomien

Affiliation Human Genetics, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany

Denis A. Akkad

Affiliation Human Genetics, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany

Wanda M. Gerding

Affiliation Human Genetics, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany

Elisabeth Petrasch-Parwez

Affiliation Neuroanatomy and Molecular Brain Research, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany

Neil D. Young

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, the University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Janine Altmüller

Affiliation Cologne Center for Genomics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Peter Nürnberg

Affiliation Cologne Center for Genomics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Robin B. Gasser

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, the University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Jörg T. Epplen

Affiliation Human Genetics, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JTE. Performed the experiments: JA PN NDY RK GD DAA WMG. Analyzed the data: RK GD DAA WMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JTE. Wrote the manuscript: RK GD JTE RBG. Bagged the intersex deer, recovered tissues and blood samples from control specimen: JTE. Roe deer genome sequencing: JA PN. Genomic assembly: NDY. Sanger sequencing and PCR analyses: RK GD DAA WMG. Wrote the manuscript, with critical inputs from DAA, NDY and other co-authors: RK GD JTE RBG. Provided illustration of the intersex roe deer: EPP. Managed the project: JTE.