About the Authors
- Sapna Kumari
-
Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America
- Jeff Nie
-
Affiliation Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Huann-Sheng Chen
-
Affiliation Statistical Methodology and Applications Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Hao Ma
-
Affiliation Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
- Ron Stewart
-
Affiliation Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Xiang Li
-
Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America
- Meng-Zhu Lu
-
Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, P.R. China
- William M. Taylor
-
Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Hairong Wei
-
* E-mail: hairong@mtu.edu
Affiliations Department of Mathematical Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Computer Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America, Biotechnology Research Center, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HW. Performed the experiments: SK JN HSC HM RS XL MZL WMT HW. Analyzed the data: SK JN HSC HM RS XL MZL WMT HW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK. Wrote the paper: HW SK.