About the Authors

Philippe Halfon

philippe.halfon@alphabio.fr (PH for reprints); g.penaranda@alphabio.fr (GP)

Affiliation Department of Virology, Laboratoire Alphabio, Marseille, France

Claude Giorgetti

Affiliation Institut Médical de Reproduction, Marseille, France

Hacène Khiri

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Laboratoire Alphabio, Marseille, France

Guillaume Pénaranda

philippe.halfon@alphabio.fr (PH for reprints); g.penaranda@alphabio.fr (GP)

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Laboratoire Alphabio, Marseille, France

Philippe Terriou

Affiliation Institut Médical de Reproduction, Marseille, France

Géraldine Porcu-Buisson

Affiliation Institut Médical de Reproduction, Marseille, France

Véronique Chabert-Orsini

Affiliation Institut Médical de Reproduction, Marseille, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PH. Performed the experiments: CG HK PT GPB VCO. Analyzed the data: PH GP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CG PT GPB VCO. Wrote the paper: PH GP.