About the Authors
- Alex E. Pozhitkov
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Affiliations Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionsbiologie, Plön, Germany, Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Peter A. Noble
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Affiliations Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Ph.D Microbiology Program, Department of Biological Sciences, Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama, United States of America
- Jarosław Bryk
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Affiliations Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionsbiologie, Plön, Germany, National Centre for Biotechnology Education, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
- Diethard Tautz
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* E-mail: tautz@evolbio.mpg.de
Affiliation Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionsbiologie, Plön, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AP DT. Performed the experiments: AP JB. Analyzed the data: AP PAN DT. Wrote the paper: AP PAN DT.