About the Authors

Sohyun L. McElroy

Affiliations Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Education, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

James A. Byrne

Affiliations Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Education, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Shawn L. Chavez

Affiliations Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Education, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Barry Behr

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Aaron J. Hsueh

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Lynn M. Westphal

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Renee A. Reijo Pera

reneer@stanford.edu

Affiliations Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Education, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM JAB BB LMW AJH RARP. Performed the experiments: SM JAB SLC. Analyzed the data: SM JAB SLC AJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB LMW AJH RARP. Wrote the paper: SM JAB SLC BB LMW AJH RARP.