About the Authors

Jimmy K. Triplett

kellogge@umsl.edu (EAK); jtriplett@jsu.edu (JKT)

Current address: Department of Biology, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Missouri-Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Yunjing Wang

Current address: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Missouri-Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Jinshun Zhong

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Missouri-Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Kellogg

kellogge@umsl.edu (EAK); jtriplett@jsu.edu (JKT)

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Missouri-Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EAK JKT. Performed the experiments: JKT YW JZ. Analyzed the data: EAK JKT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EAK. Wrote the paper: EAK JKT. Obtained necessary plant material: EAK JKT.