Xie, Chen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6183-7301
Künzel, Sven https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4992-5963
Zhang, Wenyu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2507-3033
Hathaway, Cassandra A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2919-0499
Tworoger, Shelley S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6986-7046
Tautz, Diethard https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0460-5344
Funding for this research was provided by:
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (DT_Ploen)
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (DT_Ploen)
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (DT_Ploen)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (32370665)
Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province (2024A1515030117)
National Health Service Corps (P01 CA87969)
National Health Service Corps (P01 CA87969)
NHSII (U01 CA176726)
NHSII (U01 CA176726)
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
Article History
Received: 4 October 2024
Accepted: 24 July 2025
First Online: 9 September 2025
Declarations
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: All mice were kept according to FELASA (Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Association) guidelines, with the permit from the Veterinäramt Kreis Plön: PLÖ-004697. The Government of Schleswig–Holstein provided permission to sacrifice animals under permit number V312-72241.123–34.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.