About the Authors

Sahotra Sarkar

sarkar@mail.utexas.edu

Affiliations Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States of America, Department of Philosophy, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Stavana E. Strutz

Affiliation Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States of America

David M. Frank

Affiliation Department of Philosophy, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Chissa–Louise Rivaldi

Affiliation Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Blake Sissel

Affiliation Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Victor Sánchez–Cordero

Affiliation Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, México

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS. Performed the experiments: SS SES DMF. Analyzed the data: SS SES DMF CLR BS VSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS SES DMF. Wrote the paper: SS SES DMF.