About the Authors

Shichao Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Shichao Chen, Dong-Kap Kim

Affiliation College of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Dong-Kap Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Shichao Chen, Dong-Kap Kim

Affiliation Division of Forest Resource Conservation, Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Mark W. Chase

Affiliation Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom

Joo-Hwan Kim

kimjh2009@gachon.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Life Science, Gachon University, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWK MWC. Performed the experiments: DKK JWK. Analyzed the data: SC DKK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHK DKK MWC. Wrote the paper: SC JHK DKK MWC.