Funding for this research was provided by:
Gulf Research Program (2000007266)
Article History
Received: 8 April 2019
Revised: 22 January 2020
Accepted: 3 February 2020
First Online: 14 March 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 were obtained by the authors from the competent authorities and are mentioned in the acknowledgments, if applicable.
: All sequences generated by this study have been deposited in GenBank – Accession numbers MK309279-MK309316 and MK310021-MK319927.
: DFF conceived and designed research. NJF collected the specimens, generated the genetic data, and analyzed the data. DFF and DH supervised research and analyses. NJF and DFF wrote the manuscript. DFF, NJF, and DH contributed to the interpretation of data. All authors contributed critically to the drafts and gave final approval for publication.