Independent validation of experimental results requires timely and unrestricted access to animal models and reagents

• Cassandra R. Diegel,

  Affiliation Program in Skeletal Disease and Tumor Microenvironment and Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

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• Steven Hann,

  Affiliation Orthopedic Research Labs, Boston Children’s Hospital and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Ugur M. Ayturk,

  Affiliations Orthopedic Research Labs, Boston Children’s Hospital and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Musculoskeletal Integrity Program, Hospital for Special Surgery Research Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Jennifer C. W. Hu,

  Affiliation Orthopedic Research Labs, Boston Children’s Hospital and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Kyung-Eun Lim,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

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• Casey J. Droscha,

  Affiliation Program in Skeletal Disease and Tumor Microenvironment and Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

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• Zachary B. Madaj,

  Affiliation Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

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• Gabrielle E. Foxa,

  Affiliation Program in Skeletal Disease and Tumor Microenvironment and Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

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• Isaac Izaguirre,

  Affiliation Program in Skeletal Disease and Tumor Microenvironment and Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

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• VAI Vivarium and Transgenics Core ,

  ¶Members of the VAI Vivarium and Transgenics Core are listed in the Acknowledgments

  Affiliation Vivarium and Transgenics Core, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

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• Alexander G. Robling,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

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• Matthew L. Warman,

  Affiliation Orthopedic Research Labs, Boston Children’s Hospital and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Bart O. Williams

  * E-mail: bart.williams@vai.org

  Affiliation Program in Skeletal Disease and Tumor Microenvironment and Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5261-5301

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