About the Authors

Gerrit Hilgen

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Antje K. Huebner

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

Naoyuki Tanimoto

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Centre for Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Vithiyanjali Sothilingam

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Centre for Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Christina Seide

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Centre for Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Marina Garcia Garrido

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Centre for Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Karl-Friedrich Schmidt

Affiliation Institut für Allgemeine Zoologie und Tierphysiologie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany

Mathias W. Seeliger

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Centre for Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Siegrid Löwel

Current address: Systems Neuroscience, Bernstein Fokus Neurotechnologie and Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach Institut für Zoologie und Anthropologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Affiliation Institut für Allgemeine Zoologie und Tierphysiologie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany

Reto Weiler

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Christian A. Hübner

Contributed equally to this work with: Christian A. Hübner, Karin Dedek

karin.dedek@uni-oldenburg.de (KD); christian.huebner@mti.uni-jena.de (CAH)

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

Karin Dedek

Contributed equally to this work with: Christian A. Hübner, Karin Dedek

karin.dedek@uni-oldenburg.de (KD); christian.huebner@mti.uni-jena.de (CAH)

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KD CAH RW SL MWS GH. Performed the experiments: GH AKH NT VS CS MGG KFS KD. Analyzed the data: GH AKH NT VS CS MGG KFS KD. Wrote the paper: KD GH CAH SL MWS KFS NT.