About the Authors

Sander van den Driesche

S.vandenDriesche@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Marion Walker

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Chris McKinnell

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Hayley M. Scott

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Sharon L. Eddie

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Rod T. Mitchell

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Jonathan R. Seckl

Affiliation Endocrinology Unit, University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Amanda J. Drake

Affiliation Endocrinology Unit, University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Lee B. Smith

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Richard A. Anderson

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Richard M. Sharpe

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, 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: SvdD JRS AJD LBS RMS. Performed the experiments: SvdD MW CM HMS RTM. Analyzed the data: SvdD MW CM RMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SvdD SLE LBS RAA RMS. Wrote the paper: SvdD JRS AJD LBS RAA RMS.