About the Authors

Rachel E. Dickinson

Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

K. Scott Fegan

Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Xia Ren

Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Stephen G. Hillier

Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

W. Colin Duncan

W.C.Duncan@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RED KSF WCD. Performed the experiments: RED KSF XR. Analyzed the data: RED WCD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KSF XR SGH. Wrote the paper: RED WCD XR KSF SGH.