About the Authors

Hans J. Gross

Affiliation Chair of Biochemistry, Biocentre, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Mario Pahl

Affiliations BEEgroup, Biocentre, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Science, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Aung Si

Affiliation ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Science, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Hong Zhu

Affiliation ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Science, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Jürgen Tautz

tautz@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de (JT); swzhang@rsbs.anu.edu.au (SZ)

Affiliation BEEgroup, Biocentre, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Shaowu Zhang

tautz@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de (JT); swzhang@rsbs.anu.edu.au (SZ)

Affiliation ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Science, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HG MP JT SZ. Performed the experiments: MP AS HZ SZ. Analyzed the data: MP AS HZ SZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JT SZ. Wrote the paper: MP AS SZ.