About the Authors

Imri Ben-Israel

Affiliation The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Benjamin Kilian

Affiliation Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany

Habte Nida

Affiliation The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Eyal Fridman

fridmane@agri.huji.ac.il

Affiliation The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IBI BK HN EF. Performed the experiments: IBI BK HN. Analyzed the data: IBI BK HN EF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IBI BK EF. Wrote the paper: IBI EF. Designed the software used in analysis: IBI EF. Performed and analyzed the microsatellite genotyping: IBI BK.