About the Authors

Ernst Weber

Affiliation Icon Genetics GmbH, Halle/Saale, Germany

Ramona Gruetzner

Affiliation Icon Genetics GmbH, Halle/Saale, Germany

Stefan Werner

Affiliation Icon Genetics GmbH, Halle/Saale, Germany

Carola Engler

Affiliation Icon Genetics GmbH, Halle/Saale, Germany

Sylvestre Marillonnet

marillonnet@icongenetics.de

Affiliation Icon Genetics GmbH, Halle/Saale, Germany

Competing Interests

All authors are employed by Icon Gentics GmbH. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EW SM. Performed the experiments: EW RG SW CE. Wrote the paper: EW SM.