About the Authors

David M. Bryson

brysonda@egr.msu.edu

Affiliation BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Charles Ofria

Affiliation BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, 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: DMB CAO. Performed the experiments: DMB. Analyzed the data: DMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMB. Wrote the paper: DMB CAO. Conceived and implemented architectural features: DMB.