About the Authors

Derek E. Wildman

dwildman@wayne.edu (DEW); prbchiefstaff@med.wayne.edu (RR)

Affiliations Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Monica Uddin

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Roberto Romero

dwildman@wayne.edu (DEW); prbchiefstaff@med.wayne.edu (RR)

Affiliations Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Juan M. Gonzalez

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Nandor Gabor Than

Affiliation Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Jim Murphy

Affiliation Primate Foundation of Arizona, Mesa, Arizona, United States of America

Zhuo-Cheng Hou

Affiliations Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Jo Fritz

Affiliation Primate Foundation of Arizona, Mesa, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DEW RR JM JF. Performed the experiments: DEW MU JM JF. Analyzed the data: DEW MU JMG NGT JM Z-CH JF. Wrote the paper: DEW RR JMG NGT JF.