About the Authors

Marta Mielnik-Sikorska

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Forensic Genetics, Bydgoszcz, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Patrycja Daca

Current address: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Human Genetics, Poznań, Poland

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Forensic Genetics, Bydgoszcz, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Boris Malyarchuk

Affiliation Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Magadan, Russia

Miroslava Derenko

Affiliation Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Magadan, Russia

Katarzyna Skonieczna

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Forensic Genetics, Bydgoszcz, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Maria Perkova

Affiliation Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Magadan, Russia

Tadeusz Dobosz

Affiliation Department of Forensic Medicine, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland

Tomasz Grzybowski

tgrzyb@cm.umk.pl

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Forensic Genetics, Bydgoszcz, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TG BM MD. Performed the experiments: MMS PD MP KS. Analyzed the data: TG BM MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TG BM MD TD. Wrote the paper: TG KS BM MD.