About the Authors

Thomas K. Wolfgruber

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas K. Wolfgruber, Anupma Sharma, Kevin L. Schneider

Affiliation Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Anupma Sharma

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas K. Wolfgruber, Anupma Sharma, Kevin L. Schneider

Affiliation Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Kevin L. Schneider

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas K. Wolfgruber, Anupma Sharma, Kevin L. Schneider

Affiliation Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Patrice S. Albert

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Dal-Hoe Koo

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Jinghua Shi

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Zhi Gao

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Fangpu Han

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Hyeran Lee

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Ronghui Xu

Affiliation Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Jamie Allison

Affiliation Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

James A. Birchler

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Jiming Jiang

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

R. Kelly Dawe

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Gernot G. Presting

gernot@hawaii.edu

Affiliation Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TKW AS KLS JS JAB JJ RKD GGP. Performed the experiments: TKW AS KLS PSA DHK JS HL ZG FH RX JA GGP. Analyzed the data: TKW AS KLS PSA DHK JS JAB JJ RKD GGP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TKW. Wrote the paper: TKW AS KLS GGP. Derived and mapped RJ and OMA markers: TKW, AS. Performed ChIP enrichment studies: TKW. Identified retrotransposons and dated their insertion times: AS, KLS. Designed and cloned CRM-specific FISH probes: AS, RX, JA. Mapped ChIP reads to maize BACs and reference chromosomes: KLS. Generated the BAC physical map: KLS. Performed FISH analysis: PSA, ZG, FH, JAB. Derived and mapped TD markers: JS, RKD. Performed chromatin immunoprecipitation: HL, JJ.