About the Authors

Ratna Ghosal

Affiliation Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

André Ganswindt

Affiliations Endocrine Research Laboratory, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa

Polani B. Seshagiri

Affiliation Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Raman Sukumar

rsuku@ces.iisc.ernet.in

Affiliation Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RG AG PBS RS. Performed the experiments: RG. Analyzed the data: RG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG PBS. Wrote the manuscript: RG AG PBS RS.