About the Authors

Asmaà Fritah

asmaa.fritah@ens-lyon.fr

Current address: Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire de la Cellule, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon, France

Affiliation Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Jennifer H. Steel

Affiliation Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Nadeene Parker

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Evanthia Nikolopoulou

Affiliation Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Mark Christian

Affiliation Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

David Carling

Affiliation Medical Research Council's Clinical Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Malcolm G. Parker

Affiliation Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AF DC MC MGP. Performed the experiments: AF JHS NP EN. Analyzed the data: AF MC DC MGP. Wrote the paper: AF MC MGP.