About the Authors

Rajat Anand

Affiliation National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, UAS/GKVK Campus, Bangalore, India

Navneet Rai

Affiliations National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, UAS/GKVK Campus, Bangalore, India, Department of BioSciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India

Mukund Thattai

thattai@ncbs.res.in

Affiliation National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, UAS/GKVK Campus, Bangalore, India

Competing Interests

Co-author Mukund Thattai is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Developed the model: RA NR. Analyzed the model: RA. Conceived and designed the experiments: MT. Analyzed the data: RA NR. Wrote the paper: RA NR MT.