About the Authors

Jens H. Kroeger

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Rabah Zerzour

Affiliation Département de Sciences Biologiques, Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Anja Geitmann

anja.geitmann@umontreal.ca

Affiliation Département de Sciences Biologiques, Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK RZ AG. Performed the experiments: RZ AG. Analyzed the data: JK AG. Wrote the paper: JK AG. Conceived the mathematical model: JK.