About the Authors

Jifeng Qian

Affiliation Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, California, United States of America

Arend Hintze

Affiliations Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, California, United States of America, Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Christoph Adami

adami@kgi.edu

Affiliations Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, California, United States of America, Computation and Neural Systems 139-70, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, BEACON Center for Evolution in Action, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CA AH. Performed the experiments: JQ AH. Analyzed the data: JQ AH. Wrote the paper: CA AH JQ.