About the Authors
- Mark-Oliver Rödel
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* E-mail: mo.roedel@mfn-berlin.de
Affiliations Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin, Germany, Theodor-Boveri-Institute (Biocenter of the University), Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Würzburg, Germany
- Christian Brede
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Affiliations Theodor-Boveri-Institute (Biocenter of the University), Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Würzburg, Germany, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Zentrum für Experimentelle Molekulare Medizin, Würzburg, Germany
- Mareike Hirschfeld
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Affiliations Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin, Germany, Theodor-Boveri-Institute (Biocenter of the University), Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Würzburg, Germany
- Thomas Schmitt
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Affiliations Theodor-Boveri-Institute (Biocenter of the University), Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Würzburg, Germany, Ecological Networks, Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- Philippe Favreau
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Affiliation Atheris Laboratories, Bernex, Switzerland
- Reto Stöcklin
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Affiliation Atheris Laboratories, Bernex, Switzerland
- Cora Wunder
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Affiliation Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt/M., Germany
- Dietrich Mebs
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Affiliation Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt/M., Germany
Competing Interests
This is to certify that Reto Stocklin is the co-founder, owner, president and CEO of Atheris Laboratories, a biotechnology company working in the field of discovery of bio-active molecules from animal venoms and other natural origins. This does not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials of the work submitted, and the authors hereby certify that there is no financial or non-financial competing of interest for this manuscript to be published, in accordance with the PLOS ONE policies.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MOR TS DM. Performed the experiments: MOR MH CB DM TS PF RS CW. Analyzed the data: MOR DM CB TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM PF RS. Wrote the paper: MOR DM. Field work: MOR MH CB.