About the Authors

Ryan N. Gutenkunst

ryan.gutenkunst@arizona.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Daniel Coombs

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Toby Starr

Affiliation Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine and Program in Molecular Pathogenesis, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Michael L. Dustin

Affiliation Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine and Program in Molecular Pathogenesis, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Byron Goldstein

Affiliation Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLD BG. Performed the experiments: TS. Analyzed the data: RNG DC BG. Wrote the paper: RNG DC BG. Developed the model: RNG DC BG.