About the Authors

W. M. M. Wedage

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

Affiliation Center for Biotechnology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Iresha N. Harischandra

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

Affiliations Genetics and Molecular Biology Unit, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka, Vidya Sethu Foundation, Thalangama North, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka

O. V. D. S. J. Weerasena

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IBMBB), University of Colombo, Kumaratunga Munidasa Mawatha, Colombo, Sri Lanka

S. A. S. C. Senanayake

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

B. G. D. N. K. De Silva

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

nissanka@sci.sjp.ac.lk

Affiliations Center for Biotechnology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Institute of Biotechnology (SLIBTEC), Pitipana, Homagama, Sri Lanka

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.