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About the Authors: Cassandra R. Diegel Affiliation: Program in Skeletal Disease and Tumor Microenvironment and Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America Steven Hann Affiliation: Orthopedic Research Labs, Boston Children’s Hospital and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Ugur M. Ayturk Affiliations Orthopedic Research Labs, Boston Children’s Hospital and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Musculoskeletal Integrity Program, Hospital for Special Surgery Research Institute, New York, New York, United States of America Jennifer C. W. Hu Affiliation: Orthopedic Research Labs, Boston Children’s Hospital and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Kyung-Eun Lim Affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America Casey J. Droscha Affiliation: Program in Skeletal Disease and Tumor Microenvironment and Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America Zachary B. Madaj Affiliation: Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America Gabrielle E. Foxa Affiliation: Program in Skeletal Disease and Tumor Microenvironment and Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America Isaac Izaguirre Affiliation: Program in Skeletal Disease and Tumor Microenvironment and Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America VAI Vivarium and Transgenics Core ¶Members of the VAI Vivarium and Transgenics Core are listed in the Acknowledgments Affiliation: Vivarium and Transgenics Core, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America Alexander G. Robling Affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America Matthew L. Warman Affiliation: Orthopedic Research Labs, Boston Children’s Hospital and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Bart O. Williams * E-mail: bart.williams@vai.org Affiliation: Program in Skeletal Disease and Tumor Microenvironment and Center for Cancer and Cell Biology