About the Authors

Tatiana P. Flanagan

tpaz@unm.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Department of Computer Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Noa M. Pinter-Wollman

Current address: BioCircuits Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Melanie E. Moses

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Deborah M. Gordon

Affiliation Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors received funding from a commercial source (Microsoft Research). Co-author Deborah M Gordon 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

Conceived and designed the experiments: TPF NMP MEM DMG. Performed the experiments: TPF NMP MEM DMG. Analyzed the data: TPF NMP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TPF NMP MEM DMG. Wrote the paper: TPF NMP MEM DMG.