About the Authors

Ben D. MacArthur

bdm@soton.ac.uk

Affiliations Bone and Joint Research Group, Centre for Human Development, Stem Cells and Regeneration, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, Institute of Developmental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Colin P. Please

Affiliation School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Richard O. C. Oreffo

Affiliation Bone and Joint Research Group, Centre for Human Development, Stem Cells and Regeneration, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, Institute of Developmental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BDM. Analyzed the data: BDM CPP ROO. Wrote the paper: BDM. Helped write the paper: CPP ROCO. Oversaw the project: ROCO. Conceived, designed and analyzed the mathematical model: BDM.