About the Authors
- Ann L. Griffen
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* E-mail: griffen.1@osu.edu
Affiliation Division of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Clifford J. Beall
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Affiliation Division of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Noah D. Firestone
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Affiliation Division of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Erin L. Gross
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Affiliation Division of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- James M. DiFranco
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Affiliation Division of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Jori H. Hardman
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Bastienne Vriesendorp
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Current address: Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Escola Superior de Ciências Marinhas e Costeiras, Chuabo Dembe, Quelimane, Mozambique
Affiliation Division of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Russell A. Faust
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Current address: Pediatric Otolaryngology, St John Health System, Ascension Health of Michigan, Craniofacial Institute at Providence Park, Novi, Michigan, United States of America
Affiliation Division of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Daniel A. Janies
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Eugene J. Leys
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Affiliation Division of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ALG EJL. Wrote the paper: ALG CJB ELG JMD NDF DAJ EJL. Performed database curation: ALG CJB ELG JMD NDF BV EJL. Performed database testing: CJB NDF JMD BV ALG. Constructed the website: JHH NDF. Consulted on phylogenetic approaches and oversaw website construction: DAJ. Contributed ear, nose and throat data: RAF.