About the Authors

Liudmila Chelysheva

Affiliation Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA de Versailles, Station de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes UR-254, France

Ghislaine Gendrot

Affiliation Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA de Versailles, Station de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes UR-254, France

Daniel Vezon

Affiliation Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA de Versailles, Station de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes UR-254, France

Marie-Pascale Doutriaux

Affiliation Université Paris XI, IBP, CNRS UMR8618, Orsay, France

Raphaël Mercier

Affiliation Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA de Versailles, Station de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes UR-254, France

Mathilde Grelon

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: grelon@versailles.inra.fr

Affiliation Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA de Versailles, Station de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes UR-254, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

LC, MPD, RM, and MG conceived and designed the experiments. LC, GG, and DV performed the experiments. LC, GG, DV, RM, and MG analyzed the data. MPD contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. MG wrote the paper.