About the Authors

Wei Yin

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America

Sanad H. Ragab

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt

Michael G. Tyshenko

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Risk Sciences International, Ottawa, Canada

Teresa Feria Arroyo

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Integrative Biological and Chemical Sciences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America

Tamer Oraby

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

tamer.oraby@utrgv.edu

Affiliation School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.