About the Authors

Navdha Mittal

Affiliation Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Saurabh Malpani

Affiliation Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Matthew Dyson

Affiliation Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Masanori Ono

Affiliation Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

John S. Coon

Affiliation Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Julie J. Kim

Affiliation Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Julian C. Schink

Affiliations Division of Gynecology Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Spectrum Health Medical Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Serdar E. Bulun

Affiliations Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Mary Ellen Pavone

mpavone@nmff.org

Affiliations Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MEP SEB JCS JJK MD MO. Performed the experiments: NM SM. Analyzed the data: NM SM MEP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCS SEB. Wrote the paper: NM SM MEP.