About the Authors
- Rong Wang
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* E-mail: rong.wang@monsanto.com
Affiliation Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Thomas C. Edrington
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Affiliation Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- S. Bradley Storrs
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Affiliation Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Kathleen S. Crowley
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Current address: Tioma Therapeutics, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Affiliation Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Jason M. Ward
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Current address: Royal Canin, St. Charles, Missouri, United States of America
Affiliation Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Thomas C. Lee
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Affiliation Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Zi L. Liu
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Affiliation Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Bin Li
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Affiliation Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Kevin C. Glenn
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Affiliation Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Competing Interests
We have the following interests. Monsanto Company funded this study and was the employer of all authors during the study time. The funder provided managerial guidance during the study and final approval to publish the manuscript. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: RW KSC JMW KCG. Formal analysis: RW. Investigation: RW. Methodology: RW SBS. Visualization: RW TCE BL KCG. Writing – original draft: RW TCE KCG. Writing – review & editing: RW TCE SBS TCL ZLL BL KCG.