About the Authors

K. Yoong Lim

Affiliation School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary College, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Douglas E. Soltis

Affiliation Department of Botany and the Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Pamela S. Soltis

Affiliation Florida Museum of Natural History and the Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jennifer Tate

Affiliation Massey University, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Roman Matyasek

Affiliation Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic

Hana Srubarova

Affiliation Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic

Ales Kovarik

Affiliation Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic

J. Chris Pires

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Zhiyong Xiong

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Andrew R. Leitch

a.r.leitch@qmul.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary College, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS PS AK AL. Performed the experiments: KYL DS JT RM HS ZX AL. Analyzed the data: KYL PS RM HS AK CP ZX AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DS PS AK CP AL. Wrote the paper: DS PS JT AK CP AL.