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Munazza Ijaz1 , Roshina Shahzadi1 , Akmaral U. Issayeva2 , Shazia Anwer Bukhari3 and Mahmood-ur-Rahman1 \*

1 Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, GC University – Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

2 Ecology and Biology Research Institute, Shymkent University, Shymkent, Kazakhstan

3 Department of Biochemistry, GC University – Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

\*Address all correspondence to: mahmoodansari@gcuf.edu.pk

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