About the Authors

Peter Ankomah

pankoma@emory.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Bruce R. Levin

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PA BRL. Performed the experiments: PA. Analyzed the data: PA BRL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PA BRL. Wrote the paper: PA BRL. Developed and programmed the mathematical model and computer simulations: PA BRL.