About the Authors

Joel R. McNeal

jmcneal@plantbio.uga.edu

Affiliations Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Biology, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, and Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jennifer V. Kuehl

Affiliation DOE Joint Genome Institute and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

Jeffrey L. Boore

Affiliations DOE Joint Genome Institute and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America, Genome Project Solutions, Hercules, California, United States of America

Jim Leebens-Mack

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Claude W. dePamphilis

Affiliation Department of Biology, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, and Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRM JLB Cd. Performed the experiments: JRM JVK. Analyzed the data: JRM JLM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRM JVK JLB JLM Cd. Wrote the paper: JRM JLB JLM Cd.