About the Authors

Arjun Sham

Affiliation Department of Biology, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Khaled Moustafa

Affiliation Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Paris, France

Salma Al-Ameri

Affiliation Department of Biology, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Ahmed Al-Azzawi

Affiliation Department of Biology, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Rabah Iratni

Affiliation Department of Biology, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Synan AbuQamar

sabuqamar@uaeu.ac.ae

Affiliation Department of Biology, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS SAA SAQ. Performed the experiments: AS SAA AAA RI. Analyzed the data: AS KM SAA SAQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RI SAQ. Wrote the paper: KM SAQ.