About the Authors

Robert J. Elshire

Affiliation Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Jeffrey C. Glaubitz

Affiliation Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Qi Sun

Affiliation Computational Biology Service Unit, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Jesse A. Poland

Affiliation Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Ken Kawamoto

Affiliation Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Edward S. Buckler

Affiliations Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, Plant, Soil and Nutrition Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Sharon E. Mitchell

sem30@cornell.edu

Affiliation Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJE JCG QS JAP KK ESB SEM. Performed the experiments: RJE JCG QS JAP KK. Analyzed the data: RJE JCG QS JAP ESB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJE JCG QS JAP ESB SEM. Wrote the paper: RJE JCG QS JAP ESB SEM.