About the Authors

Eric E. Nilsson

Affiliation Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Ryan Schindler

Current address: Biotechnology Program, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States of America

Affiliation Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Marina I. Savenkova

Affiliation Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Michael K. Skinner

skinner@wsu.edu

Affiliation Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKS EEN. Performed the experiments: EEN RS MS. Analyzed the data: EEN RS MS. Wrote the paper: EEN MKS. Reviewed and edited the manuscript: EEN RS MS MKS.