About the Authors

Qijian Song

Affiliation Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

David L. Hyten

Current address: Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc, Johnston, Iowa, United States of America

Affiliation Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Gaofeng Jia

Affiliation Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Charles V. Quigley

Affiliation Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Edward W. Fickus

Affiliation Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Randall L. Nelson

Affiliation Pathology and Genetics Research Unit and Department of Crop Sciences, Soybean/Maize Germplasm, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Perry B. Cregan

Perry.Cregan@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Designed the Illumina Infinium BeadChip: QS DLH PC. Conceived and designed the experiments: DLH PC. Performed the experiments: CQ EF GJ. Analyzed the data: QS DLH PC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RLN. Wrote the paper: QS PC RLN.