About the Authors

Zheng Sun

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Maksim V. Plikus

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Natalia L. Komarova

komarova@uci.edu

Affiliations Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NLK MVP. Performed the experiments: NLK ZS. Analyzed the data: NLK ZS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NLK ZS. Wrote the paper: NLK MVP ZS.