About the Authors

Steven B. Cannon

steven.cannon@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects and Crop Genomics Research Unit, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Dan Ilut

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Andrew D. Farmer

Affiliation National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America

Sonja L. Maki

Affiliation Department of Biology, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, United States of America

Gregory D. May

Affiliation National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America

Susan R. Singer

Affiliation Department of Biology, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, United States of America

Jeff J. Doyle

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SBC SS JD. Performed the experiments: SLM. Analyzed the data: SBC DI ADF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM SS. Wrote the paper: SBC JD.