About the Authors
- Mayumi Sugimoto
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Affiliation National Livestock Breeding Center, Nishigo, Japan
- Shinji Sasaki
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Affiliation Shirakawa Institute of Animal Genetics, Nishigo, Japan
- Toshio Watanabe
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Affiliation Shirakawa Institute of Animal Genetics, Nishigo, Japan
- Shota Nishimura
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Affiliation Shirakawa Institute of Animal Genetics, Nishigo, Japan
- Atsushi Ideta
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Affiliation Embryo Transfer Center ZEN-NOH, Kamishihoro, Japan
- Maya Yamazaki
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Affiliation Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Keiko Matsuda
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Michisuke Yuzaki
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Kenji Sakimura
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Affiliation Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Yoshito Aoyagi
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Affiliation Embryo Transfer Center ZEN-NOH, Kamishihoro, Japan
- Yoshikazu Sugimoto
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* E-mail: kazusugi@siag.or.jp
Affiliation Shirakawa Institute of Animal Genetics, Nishigo, Japan
Competing Interests
Patent applications Unites States publication number US-2009-0311705-A1 and Japan patent application number 2008-153767 are for the method of determining efficiency of ovum collection in bovine. The following authors are named on the applications: MS, AI, YA, and YS. 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: MS AI MY KM MY KS YA YS. Performed the experiments: MS SS AI MY KM YA. Analyzed the data: MS TW SN AI MY YA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS SS. Wrote the paper: MS SS MY YS.