About the Authors

Rod T. Mitchell

rod.mitchell@ed.ac.uk

Affiliations MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Department of Child Life and Health, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Richard M. Sharpe

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Richard A. Anderson

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Chris McKinnell

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sheila Macpherson

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Lee B. Smith

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

W. Hamish B. Wallace

Affiliation Department of Child Life and Health, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Christopher J. H. Kelnar

Affiliation Department of Child Life and Health, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sander van den Driesche

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RTM RMS CJK WHW SvdD. Performed the experiments: RTM RMS CM SM SvdD. Analyzed the data: RTM CM SvdD LBS RMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RTM RAA RMS. Wrote the paper: RTM RMS LBS CJK WHW SvdD.