About the Authors

Chad M. Topaz

ctopaz@macalester.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Maria R. D'Orsogna

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, California State University at Northridge, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Leah Edelstein-Keshet

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Andrew J. Bernoff

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: CMT MRD LEK AJB. Constructed the mathematical model: CMT MRD LEK AJB. Performed the model analysis and simulation: CMT MRD LEK AJB.