About the Authors

Romana Iftikhar

Affiliation National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Ashfaq

mashfaq@uoguelph.ca

Affiliations National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Akhtar Rasool

Affiliation National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan

Paul D. N. Hebert

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RI MA. Performed the experiments: RI MA. Analyzed the data: RI MA AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA PDNH. Wrote the paper: RI MA PDNH.