About the Authors

Stalin Nithaniyal

Affiliations Department of Genetic Engineering, Center for DNA Barcoding, SRM University, Chennai, India, Interdisciplinary School of Indian System of Medicine, SRM University, Chennai, India

Steven G. Newmaster

snewmast@uoguelph.ca (SGN); parani.m@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in (MP)

Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Subramanyam Ragupathy

Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Devanathan Krishnamoorthy

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering, Center for DNA Barcoding, SRM University, Chennai, India

Sophie Lorraine Vassou

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering, Center for DNA Barcoding, SRM University, Chennai, India

Madasamy Parani

snewmast@uoguelph.ca (SGN); parani.m@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in (MP)

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering, Center for DNA Barcoding, SRM University, Chennai, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP SGN. Performed the experiments: SN DK SLV MP. Analyzed the data: SN MP SGN SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP SGN SR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SN MP SGN.