About the Authors

Olga S. Mudrak

olgamudrak2010@gmail.com

Affiliations Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Igor B. Nazarov

Affiliations Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Estella L. Jones

Affiliation The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Andrei O. Zalensky

Affiliation The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OSM AOZ. Performed the experiments: OSM IBN ELJ. Analyzed the data: OSM IBN ELJ AOZ. Wrote the paper: OSM AOZ.