About the Authors

Kusum Parajuli

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America

Nahian Fahim

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America

Sinthia Mumu

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America

Rebecca Palu

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America

Ahmed Mustafa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

mustafaa@pfw.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.