About the Authors

Yasir Hasan Siddique

yasir_hasansiddique@rediffmail.com

Affiliation Drosophila Transgenic Laboratory, Section of Genetics, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Ambreen Fatima

Affiliation Drosophila Transgenic Laboratory, Section of Genetics, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Smita Jyoti

Affiliation Drosophila Transgenic Laboratory, Section of Genetics, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Falaq Naz

Affiliation Drosophila Transgenic Laboratory, Section of Genetics, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Rahul

Affiliation Drosophila Transgenic Laboratory, Section of Genetics, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Wasi Khan

Affiliation Centre of Excellence in Materials Sciences (Nano materials), Department of Applied Physics, Z.H. College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Braj Raj Singh

Affiliation Centre of Excellence in Materials Sciences (Nano materials), Department of Applied Physics, Z.H. College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Alim Hussain Naqvi

Affiliation Centre of Excellence in Materials Sciences (Nano materials), Department of Applied Physics, Z.H. College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YHS SJ FN WK BRS AHN. Performed the experiments: AF YHS SJ FN WK BRS AHN R. Analyzed the data: YHS AF WK FN SJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YHS SJ FN AF. Wrote the paper: YHS WK BRS.