About the Authors
- Lee D. Spate
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Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- Clifton N. Murphy
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Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- Randall S. Prather
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* E-mail: 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.