About the Authors

Mitsuoki Kawano

mkawano@nupals.ac.jp

Current address: Department of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Affiliations RIKEN Omics Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Hideya Kawaji

Affiliation RIKEN Omics Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Valérie Grandjean

Affiliations Inserm, U636, Nice, France, Laboratoire de Génétique du Développement Normal et Pathologique, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France

Jafar Kiani

Affiliations Inserm, U636, Nice, France, Laboratoire de Génétique du Développement Normal et Pathologique, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France

Minoo Rassoulzadegan

Affiliations Inserm, U636, Nice, France, Laboratoire de Génétique du Développement Normal et Pathologique, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK MR. Performed the experiments: MK VG JK MR. Analyzed the data: HK MK VG MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK VG HK MR. Wrote the paper: MK MR. Conceived the sequencing of sperm: MK.