Link-N: The missing link towards intervertebral disc repair is species-specific

• Frances C. Bach,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Lisanne T. Laagland,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Michael P. Grant,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Orthopedic Research Laboratory, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada

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• Laura B. Creemers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Keita Ito,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Orthopedic Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

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• Björn P. Meij,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Fackson Mwale,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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• Marianna A. Tryfonidou

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: m.a.tryfonidou@uu.nl

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2333-7162

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