About the Authors

Michael K. Skinner

skinner@wsu.edu

Affiliation Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna M. Haque

Affiliation Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Eric Nilsson

Affiliation Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Ramji Bhandari

Current address: School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Affiliation Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

John R. McCarrey

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKS. Performed the experiments: CGB MH EN RB JRM. Analyzed the data: MKS CGB MH EN RB JRM. Wrote the paper: MKS. Edited the manuscript: MKS CGB MH EN RB JRM.