About the Authors

Laura O’Hara

Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Michael Curley

Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Maria Tedim Ferreira

Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Lyndsey Cruickshanks

Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Laura Milne

Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Lee B. Smith

Lee.Smith@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LO MC LBS. Performed the experiments: LO MC MTF LC LM. Analyzed the data: LO MC MTF LC LM. Wrote the paper: LO LBS.