About the Authors

Patricia Menéndez

Affiliations Biometris, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Centre for BioSystems Genetics, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Yiannis A. I. Kourmpetis

Affiliations Biometris, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Cajo J. F. ter Braak

cajo.terbraak@wur.nl

Affiliation Biometris, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Fred A. van Eeuwijk

Affiliations Biometris, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Centre for BioSystems Genetics, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM YK CJFtB FvE. Performed the experiments: PM YK CJFtB FvE. Analyzed the data: PM YK CJFtB FvE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM YK CJFtB FvE. Wrote the paper: PM YK CJFtB FvE.