About the Authors

Woei Chang Liew

Affiliations Reproductive Genomics Group, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore, Singapore, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

Richard Bartfai

Current address: Department of Molecular Biology, Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands

Affiliations Reproductive Genomics Group, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Zijie Lim

Affiliations Reproductive Genomics Group, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Rajini Sreenivasan

Current address: Molecular Genetics and Development Division, Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Affiliation Reproductive Genomics Group, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore, Singapore

Kellee R. Siegfried

Current address: Department of Orthopedic Research Laboratories, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Tübingen, Germany

Laszlo Orban

laszlo@tll.org.sg

Affiliations Reproductive Genomics Group, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Animal Sciences and Animal Husbandry, University of Pannonia, Keszthely, Hungary

Competing Interests

The corresponding author has served as an Academic Editor of PLoS ONE since 2006. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WCL RB KRS LO. Performed the experiments: WCL RB ZL RS KRS LO. Analyzed the data: WCL RB ZL KRS. Wrote the paper: WCL KRS LO.