About the Authors

Sushmita Roy

sroy@cs.unm.edu

Affiliation Sushmita Roy Computer Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Diego Martinez

Affiliation Diego Martinez, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Harriett Platero

Affiliation Harriett Platero Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Terran Lane

Affiliation Terran Lane Computer Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Margaret Werner-Washburne

Affiliation Margaret Werner-Washburne Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR DM TL MWW. Performed the experiments: SR DM HP. Analyzed the data: SR DM HP TL MWW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM HP. Wrote the paper: SR TL MWW.