About the Authors

Robert King

Affiliation Computational and Systems Biology Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom

Nicholas Bird

Affiliation John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom

Ricardo Ramirez-Gonzalez

Affiliations John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom, The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom

Jane A. Coghill

Affiliation University of Bristol Transcriptomics Facility, School of Biological Sciences, Bristol BS8 1UG, United Kingdom

Archana Patil

Affiliation Plant Biology and Crop Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom

Keywan Hassani-Pak

Affiliation Computational and Systems Biology Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom

Cristobal Uauy

Affiliation John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom

Andrew L. Phillips

andy.phillips@rothamsted.ac.uk

Affiliation Plant Biology and Crop Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CU ALP. Performed the experiments: JAC NB ALP CU. Analyzed the data: RRG NB CU RK KHP ALP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RRG RK KHP. Wrote the paper: CU ALP RK RRG.