About the Authors

Marcus J. Tindall

Contributed equally to this work with: Marcus J. Tindall, Steven L. Porter

m.tindall@reading.ac.uk (MJT); s.porter@exeter.ac.uk (SLP)

Affiliations Centre for Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom, Department of Mathematics, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Steven L. Porter

Contributed equally to this work with: Marcus J. Tindall, Steven L. Porter

m.tindall@reading.ac.uk (MJT); s.porter@exeter.ac.uk (SLP)

Affiliations Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Philip K. Maini

Affiliations Centre for Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Judith P. Armitage

Affiliation Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJT SLP PKM JPA. Performed the experiments: SLP. Analyzed the data: MJT SLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJT SLP. Wrote the paper: MJT SLP PKM JPA.