About the Authors

Chuan Xue

cxue@mbi.osu.edu

Affiliation Mathematical Biosciences Institute, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Elena O. Budrene

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachussetts, United States of America

Hans G. Othmer

Affiliation School of Mathematics and Digital Technology Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CX EOB HGO. Performed the experiments: CX EOB HGO. Analyzed the data: CX EOB HGO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CX EOB HGO. Wrote the paper: CX EOB HGO.