About the Authors

Layla El Moussawi

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

Affiliation Department of Biology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Johnny Nakhleh

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

Affiliation Department of Biology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Layla Kamareddine

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Mike A. Osta

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

mo07@aub.edu.lb

Affiliation Department of Biology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist