About the Authors

César D. Petroli

Affiliations Plant Genetics Laboratory, EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasilia, Brazil, Department of Cell Biology, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasília – DF, Brazil

Carolina P. Sansaloni

Affiliations Plant Genetics Laboratory, EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasilia, Brazil, Department of Cell Biology, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasília – DF, Brazil

Jason Carling

Affiliation Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Ltd., Yarralumla, Australia

Dorothy A. Steane

Affiliations School of Plant Science and CRC for Forestry, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering - ML12, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, Australia

René E. Vaillancourt

Affiliation School of Plant Science and CRC for Forestry, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Alexander A. Myburg

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Orzenil Bonfim da Silva Jr

Affiliation Plant Genetics Laboratory, EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasilia, Brazil

Georgios Joannis Pappas Jr

Affiliation Plant Genetics Laboratory, EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasilia, Brazil

Andrzej Kilian

Affiliation Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Ltd., Yarralumla, Australia

Dario Grattapaglia

dario.grattapaglia@embrapa.br

Affiliations Plant Genetics Laboratory, EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasilia, Brazil, Department of Cell Biology, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasília – DF, Brazil, Genomic Sciences Program - Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília – DF, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors acknowledge the help and technical support from many employees of Diversity Arrays Technology Pty. Ltd. Two of the authors on this manuscript, namely Andrzej Kilian and Jason Carling, are employees of Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Ltd, which offers genome profiling service using the microarray whose genomic characterization is described in this report. This fact, however, has not interfered whatsoever with the full, objective, transparent and unbiased presentation of the research results described in the manuscript nor alters the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DG AK AAM REV DAS. Performed the experiments: CDP CPS JC. Analyzed the data: CDP CPS DG OBS GJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DG DAS REV AAM. Wrote the paper: DG CDP.