About the Authors

Jose Eduardo de la Torre-Bárcena

Affiliations Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America, Cullman Molecular Systematics Laboratory and Genomics Laboratory, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis

Affiliation Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Ernest K. Lee

Affiliation Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Dennis Wm. Stevenson

Affiliation Cullman Molecular Systematics Laboratory and Genomics Laboratory, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Eric D. Brenner

Affiliation Cullman Molecular Systematics Laboratory and Genomics Laboratory, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Manpreet S. Katari

Affiliation Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Gloria M. Coruzzi

Affiliation Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Rob DeSalle

desalle@amnh.org

Affiliation Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RD. Performed the experiments: JEdlTB SOK EKL MSK. Analyzed the data: JEdlTB SOK DWS MSK RD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EKL EB GMC. Wrote the paper: JEdlTB EB RD. Participated in key discussions during the design and progress of this work: GMC.