About the Authors

Binzhi Qian

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology and the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Woman's Health, Center for the Study of Reproductive Biology and Woman's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Yan Deng

Current address: Analytical Imaging Facility, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology and the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Woman's Health, Center for the Study of Reproductive Biology and Woman's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Jae Hong Im

Affiliation Radiation Oncology & Biology, University of Oxford Churchill Hospital, Headington, United Kingdom

Ruth J. Muschel

Affiliation Radiation Oncology & Biology, University of Oxford Churchill Hospital, Headington, United Kingdom

Yiyu Zou

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Jiufeng Li

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology and the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Woman's Health, Center for the Study of Reproductive Biology and Woman's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Richard A. Lang

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Department of Ophthalmology, The Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jeffrey W. Pollard

pollard@aecom.yu.edu

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology and the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Woman's Health, Center for the Study of Reproductive Biology and Woman's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BQ JWP. Performed the experiments: BQ. Analyzed the data: BQ YD JHI JL JWP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHI RJM YZ RL. Wrote the paper: BQ JWP.