About the Authors

Robert L. Bell

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

Affiliations East Bay Surgery Program, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland, California, United States of America, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America, The Permanente Medical Group, Department of Surgery, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

Ginger S. Withers

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, United States of America

Frans A. Kuypers

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Oakland, California, United States of America

Wolfgang Stehr

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Aditi.bhargava@ucsf.edu (AB); wolfgangstehr@gmail.com (WS)

Current address: Presbyterian Health System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

‡ Co-senior authors.

Affiliations Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Oakland, California, United States of America

Aditi Bhargava

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Aditi.bhargava@ucsf.edu (AB); wolfgangstehr@gmail.com (WS)

‡ Co-senior authors.

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

No competing interests exist.