About the Authors

Regina S. Baucom

Contributed equally to this work with: Regina S. Baucom, James C. Estill

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

James C. Estill

Contributed equally to this work with: Regina S. Baucom, James C. Estill

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Cristian Chaparro

Affiliation Université de Perpignan, Via Domitia, CNRS UMR5096 LGDP, Perpignan, France

Naadira Upshaw

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

Ansuya Jogi

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

Jean-Marc Deragon

Affiliation Université de Perpignan, Via Domitia, CNRS UMR5096 LGDP, Perpignan, France

Richard P. Westerman

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Phillip J. SanMiguel

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

maize@uga.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSB JCE CC JMD RPW PJS JLB. Performed the experiments: RSB JCE CC NU AJ JMD RPW PJS JLB. Analyzed the data: RSB JCE CC NU AJ JMD RPW PJS JLB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RSB JCE CC JMD RPW PJS JLB. Wrote the paper: RSB JCE CC JMD RPW PJS JLB.