About the Authors

Xiuling Shi

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Sarika Gupta

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Ingrid E. Lindquist

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

Connor T. Cameron

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

Joann Mudge

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

Aaron M. Rashotte

rashotte@auburn.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XS IEL AMR. Performed the experiments: XS SG CTC. Analyzed the data: XS IEL CTC JM AMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM AMR. Wrote the paper: XS AMR.