About the Authors

Sebastian A. Sandersius

Affiliation Department of Physics, Center for Biological Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Manli Chuai

Affiliation Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, Wellcome Trust Biocentre, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

Cornelis J. Weijer

Affiliation Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, Wellcome Trust Biocentre, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

Timothy J. Newman

t.newman@dundee.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Physics, Center for Biological Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, Wellcome Trust Biocentre, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC CJW. Performed the experiments: MC CJW. Analyzed the data: SS CJW TJN. Wrote the paper: SS CJW TJN. Theoretical and computational modeling: SS TJN.