About the Authors
- Darryl Hudson
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Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- David Guevara
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Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Mahmoud W. Yaish
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Current address: Department of Biology, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos, Oman
Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Carol Hannam
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Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Nykoll Long
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Affiliation Syngenta Biotechnology Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- Joseph D. Clarke
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Affiliation Syngenta Biotechnology Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- Yong-Mei Bi
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Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Steven J. Rothstein
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* E-mail: rothstei@uoguelph.ca
Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. While one or more of the authors are employed by a commercial company (Syngenta Biotechnology Inc.), who they contributed transgenic materials for analysis, Syngenta holds no patents or proprietary interest over these materials. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DH DG MWY YB SJR. Performed the experiments: DH DG. Analyzed the data: DH DG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MWY CH NL JDC YMB. Wrote the paper: DH SJR.