About the Authors

Noriko Okamoto

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Chitchai Chantangsi

Affiliation Departments of Botany and Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Aleš Horák

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Brian S. Leander

Affiliation Departments of Botany and Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Patrick J. Keeling

pkeeling@interchange.ubc.ca

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NO CC AH BL PJK. Performed the experiments: NO CC AH. Analyzed the data: NO CC AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NO. Wrote the paper: NO CC AH BL PJK.