About the Authors

Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele

Contributed equally to this work with: Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele, Helen Kuokuo Kimbi

sumbelei@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Helen Kuokuo Kimbi

Contributed equally to this work with: Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele, Helen Kuokuo Kimbi

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Judith Lum Ndamukong-Nyanga

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Higher Teachers Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Malaika Nweboh

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Judith Kuoh Anchang-Kimbi

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Emmaculate Lum

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Yannick Nana

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Kenneth K. J. Ndamukong

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Leopold G. Lehman

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IUNS HKK. Performed the experiments: IUNS HKK JLNN MN YN EL. Analyzed the data: IUNS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LGL HKK IUNS. Wrote the paper: IUNS HKK. Supervision and revision of the manuscript: JKAK KN.