About the Authors

Rawad Hodeify

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, School of Arts and Sciences, American University of Ras Al Khaimah, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

Mohamed Chakkour

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Reem Rida

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Sawsan Kreydiyyeh

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Sawkreyd@aub.edu.lb

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.