About the Authors

Pradeep Reddy Marri

pradeepm@email.arizona.edu

Affiliation The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Mary Paniscus

Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Nathan J. Weyand

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathan J. Weyand, María A. Rendón, Christine M. Calton

Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

María A. Rendón

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathan J. Weyand, María A. Rendón, Christine M. Calton

Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Christine M. Calton

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathan J. Weyand, María A. Rendón, Christine M. Calton

Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Diana R. Hernández

Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Dustin L. Higashi

Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Erica Sodergren

Affiliation The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

George M. Weinstock

Affiliation The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Steven D. Rounsley

Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Magdalene So

Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PRM NJW SDR MS. Performed the experiments: PRM MP NJW MAR DRH DLH ES GMW. Analyzed the data: PRM MP NJW MAR CMC DRH DLH ES GMW SDR MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GMW SDR MS. Wrote the paper: PRM NJW CMC MS.