About the Authors

Vitaly A. Kushnir

vkushnir@thechr.com

Affiliation Center for Human Reproduction, New York, New York, United States of America

Yao Yu

Affiliation Center for Human Reproduction, New York, New York, United States of America

David H. Barad

Affiliations Center for Human Reproduction, New York, New York, United States of America, Foundation for Reproductive Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Andrea Weghofer

Affiliations Center for Human Reproduction, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vienna School of Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Eric Himaya

Affiliation Gatineau Hospital, McGill University, Quebec, Canada

Ho-Joon Lee

Affiliation Center for Human Reproduction, New York, New York, United States of America

Yan-Guang Wu

Affiliation Center for Human Reproduction, New York, New York, United States of America

Aya Shohat-Tal

Affiliation Center for Human Reproduction, New York, New York, United States of America

Emanuela Lazzaroni-Tealdi

Affiliation Center for Human Reproduction, New York, New York, United States of America

Norbert Gleicher

Affiliations Center for Human Reproduction, New York, New York, United States of America, Foundation for Reproductive Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

Additionally, the authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Dr. Barad and Dr. Gleicher are co-inventors of a number of pending patents, claiming diagnostic benefits from evaluations of CGGn on the FMR1 gene. This data was partially presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Boston, MA, on October 14–17, 2013. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VAK DHB NG. Performed the experiments: EH YY AW DHB HJL YGW AST ELT. Analyzed the data: VAK EH YY AW DHB NG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EH YY AW DHB HJL YGW AST ELT. Wrote the paper: VAK NG.