About the Authors

Muthuvarmadam S. Ram

Affiliation Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500007, India

Minal Marne

Affiliation Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500007, India

Ajay Gaur

Affiliation Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500007, India

Honnavalli N. Kumara

Affiliation Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore, 641108, India

Mewa Singh

Affiliation Biopsychology Laboratory, and Institution of Excellence, University of Mysore, Mysore, 570006, India

Ajith Kumar

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society-India, Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, 560070, India

Govindhaswamy Umapathy

guma@ccmb.res.in

Affiliation Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500007, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GU MSR AK MS AG. Performed the experiments: MSR MM HNK. Analyzed the data: GU MSR AG MS AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GU AG. Wrote the paper: GU MSR AK HNK AG MS.