About the Authors

Karen M. Berkowitz

kberkowitz@drexelmed.edu

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Aislinn R. Sowash

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lydia R. Koenig

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Dawnette Urcuyo

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Fahmida Khan

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Fang Yang

Affiliation Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

P. Jeremy Wang

Affiliation Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Thomas A. Jongens

Affiliation Department of Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Klaus H. Kaestner

Affiliation Department of Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMB KHK TAJ. Performed the experiments: KMB KHK PJW FY LRK ARS DU FK. Analyzed the data: KMB KHK PJW FY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMB KHK TAJ PJW. Wrote the paper: KMB KHK.