About the Authors

Nancy J. Ames

names@nih.gov

Affiliation Clinical Center, Nursing and Patient Care Services, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Pawel Sulima

Current address: Discovery Logic/Thomson Reuters, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America,

Affiliation Human Craniofacial Genetic Section, Craniofacial and Skeletal Diseases Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Thoi Ngo

Current address: New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America,

Affiliation Clinical Center, Nursing and Patient Care Services, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jennifer Barb

Affiliation Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Peter J. Munson

Affiliation Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Bruce J. Paster

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thomas C. Hart

Current address: Department of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Human Craniofacial Genetic Section, Craniofacial and Skeletal Diseases Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NJA PS TCH. Performed the experiments: PS TN PJB. Analyzed the data: NJA PS TN TCH JB PJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS BJP. Wrote the paper: NJA TCH JB PJM BJP. Obtained all biospecimens: NJA.