About the Authors

Francisco J. P. Lopes

fjplopes@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Applied Mathematics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, Center for Developmental Genetics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, Instituto de Biofisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fernando M. C. Vieira

Affiliations Instituto de Biofisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil

David M. Holloway

Affiliations Mathematics Department, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, Chemistry Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Biology Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Paulo M. Bisch

Affiliation Instituto de Biofisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Alexander V. Spirov

Affiliations Department of Applied Mathematics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, Center for Developmental Genetics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FJPL. Performed the experiments: FJPL. Analyzed the data: FJPL FMCV DMH PMB AVS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FJPL FMCV PMB AVS. Wrote the paper: FJPL DMH AVS. Built the model: FJPL FMCV PMB.