About the Authors

Xinghong Ma

Affiliations Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Fei Gao

Affiliations Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Allison Rusie

Affiliations Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jennifer Hemingway

Affiliations Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Alicia B. Ostmann

Affiliations Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Julie M. Sroga

Affiliations Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Anil G. Jegga

Affiliation Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Sanjoy K. Das

sanjoy.das@cchmc.org

Affiliations Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XM SKD. Performed the experiments: XM FG AR JH ABO JMS. Analyzed the data: XM AGJ SKD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AGJ. Wrote the paper: XM SKD.