About the Authors

Daniela Holtgräwe

dholtgra@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de

Affiliation CeBiTec & Department of Biology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

Thomas Rosleff Sörensen

Affiliation CeBiTec & Department of Biology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

Prisca Viehöver

Affiliation CeBiTec & Department of Biology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

Jessica Schneider

Affiliation CeBiTec & Department of Biology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

Britta Schulz

Affiliation Molecular Breeding Sugarbeet, KWS Saat AG, Einbeck, Germany

Dietrich Borchardt

Affiliation Molecular Breeding Sugarbeet, KWS Saat AG, Einbeck, Germany

Thomas Kraft

Affiliation Syngenta Seeds AB, Landskrona, Sweden

Heinz Himmelbauer

Affiliations Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain

Bernd Weisshaar

Affiliation CeBiTec & Department of Biology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: Co-authors BS and DB are employed by KWS Saat AG and TK is employed by Syngenta Seeds AB. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DH BW. Performed the experiments: DH PV TK TRS. Analyzed the data: TRS DH DB JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS TK TRS. Wrote the paper: DH TRS HH BW.