About the Authors
- Theresa A. Hill
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Affiliations Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Hamid Ashrafi
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Affiliations Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Sebastian Reyes-Chin-Wo
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Affiliations Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- JiQiang Yao
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Current address: Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
Affiliation Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Kevin Stoffel
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Affiliations Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Maria-Jose Truco
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Affiliation Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Alexander Kozik
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Affiliation Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Richard W. Michelmore
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Affiliations Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Allen Van Deynze
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* E-mail: avandeynze@ucdavis.edu
Affiliations Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
This work was funded by the University of California Davis, UC Discovery program, which received matching funds from these commercial entities: Rijk Zwaan BV, Enza Zaden BV, DeRuiter Seeds B.V., Nunhems USA, Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Syngenta Seeds, Inc., and Vilmorin Co.. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The role of the commercial entities was limited to providing funds for research. The funds were to the Regents of the University of California. The authors have not personally taken money from the funders.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RWM AVD AK. Performed the experiments: TAH KS. Analyzed the data: TAH HA JQY SRCW MJT. Wrote the paper: TAH AVD.