About the Authors
- Anuj Srivastava
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* E-mail: anuj@uga.edu
Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
- Liming Cai
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Affiliations Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Computer Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
- Jan Mrázek
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Affiliations Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
- Russell L. Malmberg
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Affiliations Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Provided the initial idea of the evolutionary analysis: RLM. Primarily conducted the study: AS. Provided help with the RNA alignment and phylogenetic analysis: LC. Made a significant contribution to the principal components analysis: JM. Drafted the paper: AS. Edited the paper: LC JM. Completed the paper: AS RLM. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.