About the Authors

Philip Dammann

philip.dammann@uk-essen.de

Affiliations Department of General Zoology, Institute of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Central Animal Laboratory, University of Duisburg-Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany

Radim Šumbera

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Christina Maßmann

Affiliation Department of General Zoology, Institute of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

André Scherag

Affiliation Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemology, University of Duisburg-Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany

Hynek Burda

Affiliation Department of General Zoology, Institute of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PD HB. Performed the experiments: PD CM. Analyzed the data: PD RS AS. Wrote the paper: PD RS AS HB.