About the Authors
- Chi Zhou
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Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- John Dobrinsky
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Affiliation International Center for Biotechnology, Minitube of America, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Stephen Tsoi
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Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- George R. Foxcroft
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Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Walter T. Dixon
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Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Paul Stothard
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Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- John Verstegen
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Affiliation International Center for Biotechnology, Minitube of America, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Michael K. Dyck
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* E-mail: michael.dyck@ualberta.ca
Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Competing Interests
Two of the co-authors of this work (Dr. John Dobrinsky and Dr. John Verstegen) were/are employed by a commercial company: Minitube of America, International Center for Biotechnology, 2633 State Road, DeForest, 78, Mount Horeb Wisconsin, 53572 USA. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CZ MKD. Performed the experiments: CZ. Analyzed the data: CZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JD ST PS JV. Wrote the paper: CZ. Oversaw the production of the parthenogenesis and somatic cell chromatin transfer-derived embryos: JD JV. Coordinated this study: MKD GRF WTD.