About the Authors

Shengxin Chang

Affiliations National Center for Soybean Improvement, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Yankun Wang

Affiliation National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Jiangjie Lu

Affiliations National Center for Soybean Improvement, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Junyi Gai

Affiliations National Center for Soybean Improvement, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Jijie Li

Affiliation National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Pu Chu

Affiliation National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Rongzhan Guan

guanrzh@njau.edu.cn (RG); tjzhao@njau.edu.cn (TZ)

Affiliations National Center for Soybean Improvement, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Tuanjie Zhao

guanrzh@njau.edu.cn (RG); tjzhao@njau.edu.cn (TZ)

Affiliations National Center for Soybean Improvement, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

Shanghai Majorbio Bio-pharm Biotechnology Company (China) assisted with the sequencing of the mtDNA for this study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: RG TZ. Performed the experiments: SC YW. Analyzed the data: SC YW J. Lu J. Li. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RG TZ. Wrote the paper: RG TZ PC JG.