About the Authors

Avinash M. Veerappa

Affiliation Genetics and Genomics Lab, Department of Studies in Zoology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-06, Karnataka, India

Sangeetha Vishweswaraiah

Contributed equally to this work with: Sangeetha Vishweswaraiah, Kusuma Lingaiah, Megha Murthy, Raviraj V. Suresh

Affiliation Genetics and Genomics Lab, Department of Studies in Zoology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-06, Karnataka, India

Kusuma Lingaiah

Contributed equally to this work with: Sangeetha Vishweswaraiah, Kusuma Lingaiah, Megha Murthy, Raviraj V. Suresh

Affiliation Genetics and Genomics Lab, Department of Studies in Zoology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-06, Karnataka, India

Megha Murthy

Contributed equally to this work with: Sangeetha Vishweswaraiah, Kusuma Lingaiah, Megha Murthy, Raviraj V. Suresh

Affiliation Genetics and Genomics Lab, Department of Studies in Zoology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-06, Karnataka, India

Raviraj V. Suresh

Contributed equally to this work with: Sangeetha Vishweswaraiah, Kusuma Lingaiah, Megha Murthy, Raviraj V. Suresh

Affiliation Genetics and Genomics Lab, Department of Studies in Zoology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-06, Karnataka, India

Dinesh S. Manjegowda

Affiliation NUCSER, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore-18, Karnataka, India

Nallur B. Ramachandra

nallurbr@gmail.com

Affiliation Genetics and Genomics Lab, Department of Studies in Zoology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-06, Karnataka, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMV NBR. Performed the experiments: AMV SV KL MM RVS. Analyzed the data: AMV SV KL MM RVS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMV DSM NBR. Wrote the paper: AMV SV KL MM RVS DSM NBR.