About the Authors

Jing He

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, the Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Kayleigh Stewart

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, the Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Hazel L. Kinnell

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, the Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Richard A. Anderson

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, the Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Andrew J. Childs

achilds@rvc.ac.uk

Affiliations MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, the Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Camden, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH RAA AJC. Performed the experiments: JH KS HK. Analyzed the data: JH HK RAA AJC. Wrote the manuscript: JH RAA AJC.