About the Authors

Alexander Sponner

Current address: Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic,

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Fritz Lipmann Institute, Jena, Germany

Wolfram Vater

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Fritz Lipmann Institute, Jena, Germany

Shamci Monajembashi

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Fritz Lipmann Institute, Jena, Germany

Eberhard Unger

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Fritz Lipmann Institute, Jena, Germany

Frank Grosse

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Fritz Lipmann Institute, Jena, Germany

Klaus Weisshart

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: weisshart@zeiss.de

Current address: Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH, Jena, Germany

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Fritz Lipmann Institute, Jena, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KW AS. Performed the experiments: AS WV SM. Analyzed the data: KW AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EU GF FG. Wrote the paper: KW AS.