About the Authors

Andrii P. Gryganskyi

apg10@duke.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Mycology, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Soo Chan Lee

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Anastasia P. Litvintseva

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Matthew E. Smith

Affiliation Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Gregory Bonito

Affiliation Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Teresita M. Porter

Affiliation Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Iryna M. Anishchenko

Affiliation Department of Mycology, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Joseph Heitman

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Rytas Vilgalys

Affiliation Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG SCL RV JH. Performed the experiments: AG SCL APL TMP GB. Analyzed the data: AG SCL APL MES GB TMP IMA JH RV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH RV. Wrote the paper: AP SCL JH RV.