About the Authors

Xiaoyuan Liu

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

x.liu@crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk

Affiliation Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Jonathan W. Pitchford

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Mathematics, University of York, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, Department of Biology, University of York, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

George W. A. Constable

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of York, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.