About the Authors

Anneleen Kool

Contributed equally to this work with: Anneleen Kool, Hugo J. de Boer

anneleen.kool@ebc.uu.se

Affiliation Department of Systematic Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Hugo J. de Boer

Contributed equally to this work with: Anneleen Kool, Hugo J. de Boer

Affiliation Department of Systematic Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Åsa Krüger

Affiliation Department of Botany, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Anders Rydberg

Affiliation Department of Systematic Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Abdelaziz Abbad

Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, Protection and Valorisation of Plant Resources, Faculty of Science Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco

Lars Björk

Affiliation Department of Systematic Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Gary Martin

Affiliation Global Diversity Foundation, Dar Ylane, Marrakech, Morocco

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interest: The bulk of the laboratory equipment for the plant DNA lab at the University of Marrakech was generously donated by VWR International Sweden. 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: AK HJdB. Performed the experiments: AK ÅK AR. Analyzed the data: AK. Wrote the paper: AK HJdB. Conceived and initiated the project: AK HJdB AA LB GJM.