About the Authors

Mukund Thattai

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: thattai@ncbs.res.in

Affiliation National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India

Yoram Burak

Affiliation Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Boris I Shraiman

Affiliation Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

MT developed the theory, performed the analysis, and wrote the paper. YB developed the theory and edited the paper. BIS developed the theory and edited the paper.