About the Authors

Teng Zhang

Affiliation Developmental Biology Center and Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Jon Oatley

Affiliation School of Molecular Biosciences, Center for Reproductive Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Vivian J. Bardwell

Affiliations Developmental Biology Center and Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

David Zarkower

zarko001@umn.edu

Affiliations Developmental Biology Center and Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TZ VJB DZ. Performed the experiments: TZ. Analyzed the data: TZ DZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JO. Wrote the paper: TZ JO VJB DZ.