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Article History

Received: 9 April 2020

Revised: 29 July 2020

Accepted: 5 August 2020

First Online: 5 September 2020

Compliance with ethical standards

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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed by the authors.

: All necessary permits for sampling and observational field studies have been obtained by the authors from the competent authorities and are mentioned in the acknowledgements, if applicable. The study is compliant with CBD and Nagoya protocols.

: All data generated during this study are included in this published article. Information regarding sequences generated out of the present study has been deposited in NCBI, GenBank.

: All authors contributed to the study conception and design. SLS carried out sample collection, laboratory work, data analysis, and writing up of the first draft of the manuscript. SS coordinated the research and revised the manuscript. KTG helped in collecting shark samples from various locations. WS assisted in data analysis. AG has critically gone through the manuscript and provided suggestions. All authors read and approved the manuscript.