About the Authors

Wataru Fujii

wtrfj.watarufujii@gmail.com (WF); aknaito@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (KN)

Affiliation Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kiyoshi Kano

Affiliations Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan, Biomedical Science Center for Translational Research (BSCTR), United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

Koji Sugiura

Affiliation Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kunihiko Naito

wtrfj.watarufujii@gmail.com (WF); aknaito@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (KN)

Affiliation Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WF KN. Performed the experiments: WF KS. Analyzed the data: WF KK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WF KK KS. Wrote the paper: WF KN.