About the Authors

Dayanidhi Kumar

Affiliation Division of Clinical Embryology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India

Sujith Raj Salian

Affiliation Division of Clinical Embryology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India

Guruprasad Kalthur

Affiliation Division of Clinical Embryology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India

Shubhashree Uppangala

Affiliation Division of Clinical Embryology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India

Sandhya Kumari

Affiliation Division of Clinical Embryology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India

Srinivas Challapalli

Affiliation Department of Radiotherapy, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

Srinidhi Gururajarao Chandraguthi

Affiliation Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India

Hanumanthappa Krishnamurthy

Affiliation National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India

Navya Jain

Affiliation National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India

Pratap Kumar

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India

Satish Kumar Adiga

satish.adiga@manipal.edu

Affiliation Division of Clinical Embryology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GPK HK SKA. Performed the experiments: DK SK SRS SU NJ. Analyzed the data: DK SK SRS SU NJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC SGC. Wrote the paper: SKA. Helped in the recruitment of the subjects: PK.