About the Authors

Tomáš Helikar

thelikar@unomaha.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Bryan Kowal

Affiliation College of Information Science and Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Alex Madrahimov

Affiliations Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Manish Shrestha

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Jay Pedersen

Affiliation College of Information Science and Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Kahani Limbu

Affiliation College of Information Science and Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Ishwor Thapa

Affiliation College of Information Science and Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Thaine Rowley

Affiliations Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Rahul Satalkar

Affiliation College of Information Science and Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Naomi Kochi

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

John Konvalina

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Jim A. Rogers

Affiliations Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TH JAR. Performed the experiments: TH BK KL IT MS NK RS TR AM. Analyzed the data: TH JAR JP JK AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP JK. Wrote the paper: TH JAR.