About the Authors

Vijay Anand

Affiliation National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, India

Nilambra Dogra

Affiliation National Centre for Human Genome Studies and Research (NCHGSR), Punjab University, Chandigarh, India

Surender Singh

Affiliation National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, India

Sudarshan N. Kumar

Affiliation National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, India

Manoj K. Jena

Affiliation National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, India

Dhruba Malakar

Affiliation National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, India

Ajay K. Dang

Affiliation National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, India

Bishnu P. Mishra

Affiliation Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, India

Tapas K. Mukhopadhyay

Affiliation National Centre for Human Genome Studies and Research (NCHGSR), Punjab University, Chandigarh, India

Jai K. Kaushik

Affiliation National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, India

Ashok K. Mohanty

ashokmohanty1@gmail.com

Affiliation National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKM TKM AKD BPM. Performed the experiments: VA ND SS MKJ AKM DM AKD. Analyzed the data: VA AKM TKM SNK JKK AKD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AKM JKK DM. Wrote the paper: VA AKM SNK.