About the Authors

Ariane Willems

Affiliation Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Endocrinology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Sergio R. Batlouni

Affiliation Aquaculture Center (CAUNESP), São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil

Arantza Esnal

Affiliation Medical Research Council Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Johannes V. Swinnen

Affiliation Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Endocrinology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Philippa T. K. Saunders

Affiliation Medical Research Council Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Richard M. Sharpe

Affiliation Medical Research Council Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Luiz R. França

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular Biology, Department of Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Karel De Gendt

Affiliation Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Endocrinology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Guido Verhoeven

guido.verhoeven@med.kuleuven.be

Affiliation Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Endocrinology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AW PTS LRF GV. Performed the experiments: AW SRB AE KDG. Analyzed the data: AW SRB AE JVS PTS RS LRF KDG GV. Wrote the paper: AW GV.