About the Authors

Doris Nordmann

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

Manuela Lickfeld

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

Verena Warnsmann

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

Johanna Wiechert

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

Arne Jendretzki

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

Hans-Peter Schmitz

hans-peter.schmitz@biologie.uni-osnabrueck.de

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DN ML AJ HPS. Performed the experiments: DN ML VW JW AJ HPS. Analyzed the data: DN ML VW JW AJ HPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DN ML VW JW AJ HPS. Wrote the paper: DN HPS.