| France Denoeud | Institut de Genomique (IG), France. Universite d'Evry Val d'Essone, France. Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Haibao Tang | J. Craig Venter Institute, USA. Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, University |
| Fengming Sun | Beijing Genome Institute-Shenzhen |
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| Andrew H Paterson | University of Georgia |