About the Authors

Murray P. Cox

m.p.cox@massey.ac.nz (MPC); a.r.ganley@massey.ac.nz (ARDG)

Affiliation Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Ting Dong

Contributed equally to this work with: Ting Dong, GengGeng Shen

Affiliation Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand

GengGeng Shen

Contributed equally to this work with: Ting Dong, GengGeng Shen

Affiliation Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand

Yogesh Dalvi

Current address: Department of Botany, University of Pune, Ganeshkhind, Pune, India.

Affiliation Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand

D. Barry Scott

Affiliation Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Austen R. D. Ganley

m.p.cox@massey.ac.nz (MPC); a.r.ganley@massey.ac.nz (ARDG)

Affiliation Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARDG MPC DBS. Performed the experiments: MPC GS YD ARDG. Analyzed the data: MPC TD ARDG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ARDG MPC DBS. Wrote the paper: ARDG MPC. Designed the software used in analysis: MPC. Obtained permission for use of the reference genome: DBS MPC.