About the Authors

Yasmin M. Vasquez

Contributed equally to this work with: Yasmin M. Vasquez, Xiaoqiu Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Center for Reproductive Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

Xiaoqiu Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yasmin M. Vasquez, Xiaoqiu Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America, Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Margeaux Wetendorf

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America

Heather L. Franco

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Center for Reproductive Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

Qianxing Mo

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

Tianyuan Wang

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America

Rainer B. Lanz

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Center for Reproductive Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

Steven L. Young

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

Bruce A. Lessey

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville, SC, United States of America

Thomas E. Spencer

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Animal Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America

John P. Lydon

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Center for Reproductive Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

Francesco J. DeMayo

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

francesco.demayo@nih.gov

Affiliation Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.