About the Authors

Constance Mehlgarten

Affiliation Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Jorrit-Jan Krijger

Current Address: Institute for Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Affiliation Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Ioana Lemnian

Affiliation Institute of Computer Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

André Gohr

Affiliation Institute of Computer Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Lydia Kasper

Current Address: Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany

Affiliation Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Anne-Kathrin Diesing

Current Address: Institute of Anatomy, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Affiliation Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Ivo Grosse

Affiliations Institute of Computer Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Karin D. Breunig

karin.breunig@genetik.uni-halle.de

Affiliation Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM JJK KDB. Performed the experiments: CM JJK LK A-KD. Analyzed the data: CM KDB IL AG IG. Wrote the paper: CM KDB.