About the Authors

Gyaneshwer Chaubey

gyanc@ebc.ee

Affiliation Estonian Biocentre, Riia23, Tartu 51010, Estonia

Anurag Kadian

Affiliation 5 Ror Colony, Behind Sector 7, Karnal, Haryana132001, India

Saroj Bala

Affiliation Institute of Scientific Research on Vedas, I-SERVE Delhi Chapter, C-6 / 302, Clarion the Legend, Gurgaon 122011, India

Vadlamudi Raghavendra Rao

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, North Campus, Delhi 110007, India

Competing Interests

Co-author Dr. Gyaneshwer Chaubey 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: GC. Performed the experiments: GC AK SB VRR. Analyzed the data: GC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK SB VRR. Wrote the paper: GC AK SB VRR.