About the Authors

Ekaterina A. Litvinova

Affiliation Laboratory of Physiological Adaptation of Animals, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

Elena P. Goncharova

Affiliation Laboratory of Nucleic Acids Biochemistry, Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

Alla M. Zaydman

Affiliation Department of Histology, Novosibirsk Institute of Traumatology, Novosibirsk, Russia

Marina A. Zenkova

Affiliation Laboratory of Nucleic Acids Biochemistry, Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

Mikhail P. Moshkin

mmp@bionet.nsc.ru

Affiliations Laboratory of Physiological Adaptation of Animals, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia, Department of Animal Genetic Resources, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EAL MAZ MPM. Performed the experiments: EAL EPG AMZ. Analyzed the data: EAL MPM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EPG AMZ MAZ. Wrote the paper: EAL MPM.