About the Authors

Rebecca Lee Smith

rlsdvm@illinois.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Lisa Gallicchio

Affiliation The Prevention and Research Center, The Weinberg Center for Women’s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Susan R. Miller

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Howard A. Zacur

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jodi A. Flaws

Affiliation Department of Comparative Biomedicine, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAF LG. Performed the experiments: JAF LG SRM HAZ. Analyzed the data: RLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAF. Wrote the paper: RLS JAF LG.