About the Authors
- Sung-Chur Sim
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Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
- Gregor Durstewitz
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Affiliation TraitGenetics GmbH, Gatersleben, Germany
- Jörg Plieske
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Affiliation TraitGenetics GmbH, Gatersleben, Germany
- Ralf Wieseke
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Affiliation TraitGenetics GmbH, Gatersleben, Germany
- Martin W. Ganal
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Affiliation TraitGenetics GmbH, Gatersleben, Germany
- Allen Van Deynze
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Affiliation Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- John P. Hamilton
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Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- C. Robin Buell
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Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- Mathilde Causse
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Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, INRA, Unité de Génétique et d’Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes, Montfavet, France
- Saranga Wijeratne
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Affiliation Molecular Cellular and Imagining Center, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
- David M. Francis
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* E-mail: francis.77@osu.edu
Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following conflicts: Dr. Durstewitz, Dr. Plieske, Dr. Wieseke, and Dr. Ganal have competing interests as members of TraitGenetics, which is a commercial company that performs molecular marker analysis with the tomato SNP array. TraitGenetics has also a commercial interest in the data generated with the array since it increases the value of their services to their customers. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no further products in development or marketed products or patents to declare.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SCS MWG AVD CRB DMF. Performed the experiments: SCS GD JP RW JPH. Analyzed the data: SCS GD JP RW JPH DMF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC SW. Wrote the paper: SCS MWG DMF.