About the Authors

Shyryn Almerekova

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Natalia Shchegoleva

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Botany, Institute of Biology, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia

Saule Abugalieva

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Department of Biodiversity and Bioresources, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Yerlan Turuspekov

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

yerlant@yahoo.com

Affiliations Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Agrobiology Faculty, Kazakh National Agrarian University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.