About the Authors

Bhagyashree S. Birla

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Hui-Hsien Chou

hhchou@iastate.edu

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BSB HC. Performed the experiments: BSB HC. Analyzed the data: BSB HC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HC. Wrote the paper: BSB HC.