About the Authors

Matthew Prideaux

prideauxm@umkc.edu

Current address: School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Affiliations Division of Developmental Biology, The Roslin Institute, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Nigel Loveridge

Affiliation Bone and Orthopaedic Research Groups, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Andrew A. Pitsillides

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrew A. Pitsillides, Colin Farquharson

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Colin Farquharson

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrew A. Pitsillides, Colin Farquharson

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, The Roslin Institute, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP NL AP CF. Performed the experiments: MP CF. Analyzed the data: MP AP CF. Wrote the paper: MP AP CF.