Reply to Renner: Meticulous investigation, not sequencing effort, leads to robust conclusion

Affiliations

¹ Gene Research Center, Shinshu University, Ueda, Nagano 3868567, Japan.
² Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
³ Advanced Genomics Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 4118540, Japan.
⁴ Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center, Itoman, Okinawa 9010036, Japan.
⁵ World Vegetable Center East and Southeast Asia/Oceania, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand.
⁶ The World Vegetable Center, Tainan 74151, Taiwan.
⁷ Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan; chengrueilee@ntu.edu.tw.
⁸ Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
⁹ Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.

Comment

Hideo Matsumura et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 6;117(40):24632-24633.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2015561117. Epub 2020 Sep 29.

¹ Gene Research Center, Shinshu University, Ueda, Nagano 3868567, Japan.
² Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
³ Advanced Genomics Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 4118540, Japan.
⁴ Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center, Itoman, Okinawa 9010036, Japan.
⁵ World Vegetable Center East and Southeast Asia/Oceania, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand.
⁶ The World Vegetable Center, Tainan 74151, Taiwan.
⁷ Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan; chengrueilee@ntu.edu.tw.
⁸ Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
⁹ Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

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