About the Authors

Nathaniel A. Dyment

dyment@uchc.edu

Affiliation Department of Reconstructive Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Chia-Feng Liu

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Namdar Kazemi

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Lindsey E. Aschbacher-Smith

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Keith Kenter

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Andrew P. Breidenbach

Affiliation Biomedical Engineering Program, School of Energy, Environmental, Biological and Medical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jason T. Shearn

Affiliation Biomedical Engineering Program, School of Energy, Environmental, Biological and Medical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Christopher Wylie

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

David W. Rowe

Affiliation Department of Reconstructive Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

David L. Butler

Affiliation Biomedical Engineering Program, School of Energy, Environmental, Biological and Medical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ND CL NK LAS KK AB JS CW DR DB. Performed the experiments: ND CL NK LAS AB . Analyzed the data: ND CL AB JS CW DR DB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS CW DR DB. Wrote the paper: ND LAS KK AB JS CW DR DB.