About the Authors

Daniel Murta

Affiliation Reproduction and Obstetrics, CIISA, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Marta Batista

Affiliation Reproduction and Obstetrics, CIISA, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Elisabete Silva

Affiliation Reproduction and Obstetrics, CIISA, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Alexandre Trindade

Affiliations Reproduction and Obstetrics, CIISA, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Gulbenkian Institute of Science, Oeiras, Portugal

Domingos Henrique

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

António Duarte

Affiliations Reproduction and Obstetrics, CIISA, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Gulbenkian Institute of Science, Oeiras, Portugal

Luís Lopes-da-Costa

lcosta@fmv.utl.pt

Affiliation Reproduction and Obstetrics, CIISA, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Competing Interests

Co-author Domingos Henrique is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All authors disclose any potential conflict of interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM LLC. Performed the experiments: DM MB. Analyzed the data: DM ES AT LLC. Wrote the paper: DM AT DH AD LLC.