About the Authors
- Soma Seal
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¶These authors are co-first authors on this work.
Affiliation Centre for Advanced Studies in Zoology, School of Life Science, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
- Priyajit Chatterjee
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¶These authors are co-first authors on this work.
Affiliation Centre for Advanced Studies in Zoology, School of Life Science, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
- Sushmita Bhattacharya
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Affiliation Centre for Advanced Studies in Zoology, School of Life Science, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
- Durba Pal
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Affiliation Centre for Advanced Studies in Zoology, School of Life Science, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
- Suman Dasgupta
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Affiliations Centre for Advanced Studies in Zoology, School of Life Science, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India
- Rakesh Kundu
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Affiliation Centre for Advanced Studies in Zoology, School of Life Science, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
- Sandip Mukherjee
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Affiliation Centre for Advanced Studies in Zoology, School of Life Science, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
- Shelley Bhattacharya
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Affiliation Centre for Advanced Studies in Zoology, School of Life Science, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
- Mantu Bhuyan
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Affiliation CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India
- Pranab R. Bhattacharyya
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Affiliation CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India
- Gakul Baishya
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Affiliation CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India
- Nabin C. Barua
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Affiliation CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India
- Pranab K. Baruah
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Affiliation CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India
- Paruchuri G. Rao
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Affiliation CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India
- Samir Bhattacharya
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* E-mail: bhattacharyasa@gmail.com
Affiliations Centre for Advanced Studies in Zoology, School of Life Science, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India
Competing Interests
The co-author Prof. Samir Bhattacharya is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SS PC DP SD RK Samir Bhattacharya. Performed the experiments: SS PC Sushmita Bhattacharya DP SD RK SM MB GB. Analyzed the data: SS PC DP SD RK Shelley Bhattacharya PRB NCB PKB PGR Samir Bhattacharya. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB PRB NCB PKB PGR. Wrote the paper: SS PC DP SD RK Shelley Bhattacharya MB NCB PGR Samir Bhattacharya. Supervised the study: Samir Bhattacharya.