Rai, Gayatri https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4024-3655
Maurya, Deepak https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2624-672X
Mandal, Debleena https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9036-7707
Mondal, Bama Charan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9694-7714
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (BT/RLF/Re-entry/08/2016)
Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance (IA/I/20/1/504931)
Banaras Hindu University (R/ Dev/D/IoE/Seed Grant/2020-21)
University Grants Commission (R/Dev.(CAS-JRF/SRF)'R'A/c/Zoology/73205)
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
Article History
Received: 22 October 2025
Revised: 13 June 2026
Accepted: 24 June 2026
First Online: 7 July 2026
Disclosure and competing interests statement
: The authors declare no competing interests.