About the Authors

Roeland M. H. Merks

post@roelandmerks.nl

Current address: Netherlands Institute for Systems Biology and CWI (Center for Mathematics and Computer Science), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Affiliations VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Molecular Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, The Biocomplexity Institute and Department of Physics, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Erica D. Perryn

Current address: Krumlauf Laboratory, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Affiliation The University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Abbas Shirinifard

Affiliation The Biocomplexity Institute and Department of Physics, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

James A. Glazier

Affiliation The Biocomplexity Institute and Department of Physics, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMHM EDP JG. Performed the experiments: RMHM EDP. Analyzed the data: RMHM AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMHM EDP AS. Wrote the paper: RMHM JG.