About the Authors

Nicole O. McPherson

nicole.palmer@adelaide.edu.au

Affiliation School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Hassan W. Bakos

Affiliations School of Medicine, Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Repromed, Dulwich, South Australia, Australia

Julie A. Owens

Affiliation School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Brian P. Setchell

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, Discipline of Anatomy, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Michelle Lane

Affiliations School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Repromed, Dulwich, South Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

Dr. Hassan Bakos and Dr. Michelle Lane are paid employees of the Fertility clinic ‘Repromed’ and Dr. Michelle Lane is a share holder; however this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and material.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NOM JAO ML. Performed the experiments: NOM ML. Analyzed the data: NOM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAO ML. Wrote the paper: NOM. Edited the manuscript: HWB JAO BPS ML. Interpreted the data: NOM JAO ML.