About the Authors

Rida Mourad

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

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

Rawad Hodeify

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

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

Sawsan Kreydiyyeh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, 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.