About the Authors

Philip J. Murray

murrayp@maths.ox.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom

Philip K. Maini

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

Maksim V. Plikus

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Irvine, California, United States of America

Cheng-Ming Chuong

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ruth E. Baker

Affiliation Centre for Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJM PKM REB. Performed the experiments: PJM. Analyzed the data: PJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJM. Wrote the paper: PJM PKM MVP CMC REB.