About the Authors

Liina Nagirnaja

Contributed equally to this work with: Liina Nagirnaja, Diana Nõmmemees

Affiliation Human Molecular Genetics Research Group, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Diana Nõmmemees

Contributed equally to this work with: Liina Nagirnaja, Diana Nõmmemees

Affiliation Human Molecular Genetics Research Group, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Kristiina Rull

Affiliations Human Molecular Genetics Research Group, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Ole B. Christiansen

Affiliations The Fertility Clinics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

Henriette S. Nielsen

Affiliation The Fertility Clinics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Maris Laan

maris.laan@ut.ee

Affiliation Human Molecular Genetics Research Group, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LN ML. Performed the experiments: DN. Analyzed the data: LN DN ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML. Wrote the paper: LN ML. Recruited the study subjects: KR OBC HSN. Critically commented on the data interpretation and the manuscript: KR OBC HSN DN.