About the Authors

Carles Marco Llorca

Affiliation Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Kenneth Wayne Berendzen

Affiliation Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Waqas Ahmed Malik

Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Stefan Mahn

Affiliation Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Hans-Peter Piepho

Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Ulrike Zentgraf

ulrike.zentgraf@uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CML UZ. Performed the experiments: CML KWB SM. Analyzed the data: CML WAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WAM HPP. Wrote the paper: CML KWB UZ.