About the Authors

Fabien Coze

Current address: Deinove SA, Grabels, France

Affiliations Unité Mixte de Recherche 8621, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Orsay, France

Françoise Gilard

Affiliations Unité Mixte de Recherche 8618, Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Orsay, France

Guillaume Tcherkez

Affiliations Unité Mixte de Recherche 8618, Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Orsay, France

Marie-Joëlle Virolle

Affiliations Unité Mixte de Recherche 8621, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Orsay, France

Armel Guyonvarch

armel@igmors.u-psud.fr

Affiliations Unité Mixte de Recherche 8621, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Orsay, France

Competing Interests

Co-author Marie-Joëlle Virolle is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Co-author Fabien Coze was a PhD student at the time of this research. He was recruited by DEINOVE after his PhD defense. There is no competing Interest with DEINOVE in the present paper. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FC GT MJV AG. Performed the experiments: FC FG AG. Analyzed the data: FC FG GT MJV AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FC FG GT MJV AG. Wrote the paper: FC GT MJV AG.