About the Authors

Kevin J. Spring

kevinjspring@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Stephanie Pham

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Rebecca A. Zufall

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Designed and wrote simulation program: KJS. Conceived and designed the experiments: KJS RAZ. Performed the experiments: KJS SP. Analyzed the data: KJS RAZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJS RAZ. Wrote the paper: KJS RAZ.