About the Authors

Raymond M. Anchan

maas@genetics.med.harvard (RLM); ranchan@partners.org (RMA)

Affiliations Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America

Salil A. Lachke

Affiliations Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 9716, United States of America

Behzad Gerami-Naini

Current address: Dept. Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dental Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, 02111, United States of America

Affiliations Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America

Jennifer Lindsey

Affiliation Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America

Nicholas Ng

Affiliation Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America

Catherine Naber

Affiliation Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America

Michael Nickerson

Affiliation Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America

Resy Cavallesco

Affiliation Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America

Sheldon Rowan

Current address: Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, 02111, United States of America,

Affiliation Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America

Jennifer L. Eaton

Current address: Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility, Dept. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, 27713, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America

Qiongchao Xi

Affiliation Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America

Richard L. Maas

maas@genetics.med.harvard (RLM); ranchan@partners.org (RMA)

Affiliation Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMA SAL BGN RLM. Performed the experiments: RMA SAL BGN CN NN MN RC SR JLE QX. Analyzed the data: RMA SAL BGN JL NN CN MN SR QX RLM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMA SAL BGN RC RLM. Wrote the paper: RMA SAL BGN JL RC SR JLE QX RLM.