About the Authors

Sung Hyun Cho

Affiliation Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Charles Addo-Quaye

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ceyda Coruh

Affiliation Plant Biology Graduate Program, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

M. Asif Arif

Affiliation Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Zhaorong Ma

Affiliation Integrative Biosciences Graduate Program in Bioinformatics and Genomics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wolfgang Frank

Affiliation Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Michael J. Axtell

mja18@psu.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Plant Biology Graduate Program, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Integrative Biosciences Graduate Program in Bioinformatics and Genomics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHC CAQ WF MJA. Performed the experiments: SHC CAQ CC MAA. Analyzed the data: SHC CAQ WF MJA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZM. Wrote the paper: SHC MJA.