About the Authors

Jyotsna U. Rao

Affiliation Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Kunal B. Shah

Affiliation Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Jayaram Puttaiah

Affiliation Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Medhamurthy Rudraiah

rmm@mrdg.iisc.ernet.in

Affiliation Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JUR MR. Performed the experiments: JUR MR. Analyzed the data: MR KBS JP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR. Wrote the paper: MR JUR KBS JP.