About the Authors

Lee D. Spate

Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Clifton N. Murphy

Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Randall S. Prather

PratherR@Missouri.Edu

Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The University of Missouri has filed for patent protection for the procedures described in the document. The patent application citation is: Li, R., L. Spate, C.N. Murphy, R.S. Prather. “High throughput cryopreservation of swine embryos”, Provisional Patent filed August 29, 2008. US61/190,515. This patent will not inhibit the authors’ ability to provide all the details of how the invention works. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSP LDS CNM. Performed the experiments: LDS CNM. Analyzed the data: RSP LDS CNM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RSP LDS CNM. Wrote the paper: RSP LDS CNM.