About the Authors

Jason A. Peiffer

japeiffe@ncsu.edu

Current address: Department of Genetics, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Sherry A. Flint-Garcia

Affiliation Plant Genetics Research Unit, USDA-Agricultural Research Service and Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Natalia De Leon

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Michael D. McMullen

Affiliation Plant Genetics Research Unit, USDA-Agricultural Research Service and Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Shawn M. Kaeppler

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Edward S. Buckler

Affiliations Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAP ESB. Performed the experiments: JAP. Analyzed the data: JAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAF NDL MDM SMK. Wrote the paper: JAP SAF NDL MDM SMK ESB.