About the Authors

Katy S. Stoecklein

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

M. Sofia Ortega

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

ortegaobandom@missouri.edu

Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Lee D. Spate

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Clifton N. Murphy

† Deceased.

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Randall S. Prather

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

RSP and LDS are named on a U.S. patent application for the use of FLI in embryo culture media (US Patent Application No. 16/891,776 - Title: Medium Supplement to Increase the Efficiency of Oocyte Maturation and Embryo Culture In Vitro). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.