About the Authors
- John E. Pearson
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Affiliation Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
- Paul Krapivsky
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Affiliation Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Alan S. Perelson
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* E-mail: asp@lanl.gov
Affiliation Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Wrote the paper: JEP ASP. Posed specific problem and did simulations: JEP. Calculated extinction probability: PK. Suggested topic and designed research: ASP.