About the Authors

Adrian P. Brown

Contributed equally to this work with: Adrian P. Brown, Johan T. M. Kroon

Affiliation School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Johan T. M. Kroon

Contributed equally to this work with: Adrian P. Brown, Johan T. M. Kroon

Affiliation School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

David Swarbreck

Affiliation The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, United Kingdom

Melanie Febrer

Affiliation The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, United Kingdom

Tony R. Larson

Affiliation Department of Biology, Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Ian A. Graham

Affiliation Department of Biology, Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Mario Caccamo

Affiliation The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, United Kingdom

Antoni R. Slabas

a.r.slabas@durham.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

This study was partly funded by a LINK grant with Linnaeus, Inc. and Arkema as industrial partners. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors..

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARS. Performed the experiments: AB JK MF TL. Analyzed the data: DS MC AB JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DS MC TL IG. Wrote the paper: ARS AB JK.