About the Authors

Vibha Dwivedi

Affiliation Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

E. M. Anandan

Affiliation Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, India

Rajesh S. Mony

Affiliation Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, India

T. S. Muraleedharan

Affiliation Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, India

M. S. Valiathan

Affiliation Manipal University, Manipal, India

Mousumi Mutsuddi

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Subhash C. Lakhotia

lakhotia@bhu.ac.in

Affiliation Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SCL MM MSV. Performed the experiments: VD. Analyzed the data: VD SCL MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMA RSM TSM. Wrote the paper: SCL VD MM MSV.