About the Authors

Bernadette Banrezes

Affiliations INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France, ENVA, Maisons Alfort, France

Thierry Sainte-Beuve

Affiliations INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France, ENVA, Maisons Alfort, France

Eugénie Canon

Affiliations INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France, ENVA, Maisons Alfort, France

Richard M. Schultz

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

José Cancela

Affiliation Centre de Neurosciences Paris-Sud (CNPS) CNRS UMR 8195 Université Paris Sud, Orsay, France

Jean-Pierre Ozil

Jean-Pierre.Ozil@jouy.inra.fr

Affiliations INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France, ENVA, Maisons Alfort, France

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. BRACER BIOTECH supported the development of the microfluidic prototype device and the software (contract B05806). BRACER BIOTECH is no longer registered and was closed by the 03 17 2011. The authors, except RMS, are members of the COST action FA0702 (www.cost-gemini.eu). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J-PO. Performed the experiments: BB J-PO TS-B EC. Analyzed the data: J-PO BB JC RMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB J-PO TS-B EC. Wrote the paper: J-PO JC RMS.