About the Authors

Sebastian Dümcke

Affiliations Institute for Genetics, Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany

Ulrich Mansmann

Affiliation IBE, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany

Achim Tresch

tresch@mpipz.mpg.de

Affiliations Institute for Genetics, Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UM AT. Performed the experiments: SD. Analyzed the data: SD. Wrote the paper: SD AT UM.