About the Authors

Naghmeh Akhavan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Alexander George

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michelle Starz-Gaiano

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Bradford E. Peercy

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

bpeercy@umbc.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.