About the Authors

Natalia L. Komarova

komarova@uci.edu (NLK); dwodarz@uci.edu (DW)

Affiliations Department of Mathematics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

David N. Levy

Affiliation Department of Basic Science, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Dominik Wodarz

komarova@uci.edu (NLK); dwodarz@uci.edu (DW)

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Mathematics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NLK DNL DW. Performed the experiments: NLK DW. Analyzed the data: NLK DW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NLK DW. Wrote the paper: NLK DNL DW.