About the Authors

John M. O'Dowd

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Reproductive Biology, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Anamaria G. Zavala

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Reproductive Biology, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Celeste J. Brown

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Reproductive Biology, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Toshio Mori

Affiliation Radioisotope Research Center, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

Elizabeth A. Fortunato

lfort@uidaho.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Reproductive Biology, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMOD AGZ EAF. Performed the experiments: AGZ EAF. Analyzed the data: JMOD AGZ CJB TM EAF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJB TM. Wrote the paper: JMOD AGZ EAF.