About the Authors

Jonathan Cannon

cannon@brandeis.edu

Affiliations Department of Mathematics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nancy Kopell

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Timothy Gardner

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jeffrey Markowitz

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC NK TG JM. Performed the experiments: JC JM. Analyzed the data: JC JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC JM. Wrote the paper: JC NK TG JM.