About the Authors

Leili Shahriyari

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Natalia L. Komarova

komarova@uci.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

NK has been appointed as an Editorial Board Member for PLOS ONE. 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: NK. Performed the experiments: LS. Analyzed the data: NK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NK LS. Wrote the paper: NK.