About the Authors

Dirk De Vos

Affiliation Molecular Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Kris Vissenberg

Affiliation Plant Growth and Development, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Jan Broeckhove

Affiliation Computational Modelling and Programming, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Gerrit T. S. Beemster

gerrit.beemster@uantwerpen.be

Affiliation Molecular Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DDV KV JB GTSB. Performed the experiments: DDV. Analyzed the data: DDV KV JB GTSB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB GTSB. Wrote the paper: DDV KV JB GTSB.