About the Authors

Thomas J. Givnish

givnish@wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Gregory J. Bean

Affiliations Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Chesterfield Village Research Center, Monsanto, Chesterfield Village, Missouri, United States of America

Mercedes Ames

Affiliation Madison Campus, Promega North America, Fitchburg, Wisconsin, United States of America

Stephanie P. Lyon

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Kenneth J. Sytsma

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJG KJS. Performed the experiments: GB MA SPL. Analyzed the data: TJG KJS. Wrote the paper: TJG KJS.