About the Authors

Shannon L. Byers

Affiliation Reproductive Sciences R&D, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Michael V. Wiles

Affiliation Technology Evaluation and Development, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Sadie L. Dunn

Affiliation Reproductive Sciences R&D, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Robert A. Taft

rob.taft@jax.org

Affiliation Reproductive Sciences R&D, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLB MVW SLD RAT. Performed the experiments: SLB SLD. Analyzed the data: SLB SLD RAT. Wrote the paper: SLB.