About the Authors

Denise C. Miles

Contributed equally to this work with: Denise C. Miles, Stephanie I. Wakeling

Affiliation Centre for Reproduction and Development, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Stephanie I. Wakeling

Contributed equally to this work with: Denise C. Miles, Stephanie I. Wakeling

Affiliation Centre for Reproduction and Development, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Jessica M. Stringer

Affiliation Centre for Reproduction and Development, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Jocelyn A. van den Bergen

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Dagmar Wilhelm

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Andrew H. Sinclair

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Patrick S. Western

patrick.western@monash.edu

Affiliation Centre for Reproduction and Development, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PSW DCM SIW. Performed the experiments: DCM SIW JMS JAvbD PSW. Analyzed the data: DCW SIW PSW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DCM DW AHS PSW. Wrote the paper: DCM SIW DW PSW.