About the Authors

Naresh Sahebrao Nagpure

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow-226002, India

Iliyas Rashid

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow-226002, India

Ajey Kumar Pathak

Affiliation Division of Fish Taxonomy and Resources, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow-226002, India

Mahender Singh

mahender@scientist.com

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow-226002, India

Rameshwar Pati

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow-226002, India

Shri Prakash Singh

Affiliation Division of Fish Taxonomy and Resources, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow-226002, India

Uttam Kumar Sarkar

Affiliation Division of Fish Taxonomy and Resources, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow-226002, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NSN IR MS AKP. Performed the experiments: NSN MS SPS UKS. Analyzed the data: IR AKP RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IR. Wrote the paper: IR AKP NSN RP MS. Read and approved the manuscript: NSN IR AKP MS RP SPS UKS.