About the Authors

Michael Eitel

michael.eitel@ecolevol.de

Affiliation Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, ITZ, Ecology and Evolution, Hannover, Germany

Loretta Guidi

Affiliation Department of Earth, Life and Environment Sciences, Scientific Campus, Urbino, Italy

Heike Hadrys

Affiliations Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, ITZ, Ecology and Evolution, Hannover, Germany, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Maria Balsamo

Affiliation Department of Earth, Life and Environment Sciences, Scientific Campus, Urbino, Italy

Bernd Schierwater

Affiliations Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, ITZ, Ecology and Evolution, Hannover, Germany, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ME LG MB BS. Performed the experiments: ME LG. Analyzed the data: ME LG MB BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB HH BS. Wrote the paper: ME BS.