About the Authors

Maki Kamoshita

Contributed equally to this work with: Maki Kamoshita, Katsuyoshi Fujiwara

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Katsuyoshi Fujiwara

Contributed equally to this work with: Maki Kamoshita, Katsuyoshi Fujiwara

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Junya Ito

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

itoj@azabu-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Naomi Kashiwazaki

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.