Search Results - "Rajpurohit, Subhash"

Broad geographic sampling reveals the shared basis and environmental correlates of seasonal adaptation in Drosophila by Machado, Heather E, Bergland, Alan O, Taylor, Ryan, Tilk, Susanne, Behrman, Emily, Dyer, Kelly, Fabian, Daniel K, Flatt, Thomas, González, Josefa, Karasov, Talia L, Kim, Bernard, Kozeretska, Iryna, Lazzaro, Brian P, Merritt, Thomas Js, Pool, John E, O'Brien, Katherine, Rajpurohit, Subhash, Roy, Paula R, Schaeffer, Stephen W, Serga, Svitlana, Schmidt, Paul, Petrov, Dmitri A

“…To advance our understanding of adaptation to temporally varying selection pressures, we identified signatures of seasonal adaptation occurring in parallel…”
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Allelic polymorphism at foxo contributes to local adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster by Betancourt, Nicolas J., Rajpurohit, Subhash, Durmaz, Esra, Fabian, Daniel K., Kapun, Martin, Flatt, Thomas, Schmidt, Paul

“…The insulin/insulin‐like growth factor signalling pathway has been hypothesized as a major determinant of life‐history profiles that vary adaptively in natural…”
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No water, no mating: Connecting dots from behaviour to pathways by Arya, Homica, Toltesi, Regan, Eng, Michelle, Garg, Divita, Merritt, Thomas J. S, Rajpurohit, Subhash

“…Insects hold considerable ecological and agricultural importance making it vital to understand the factors impacting their reproductive output. Environmental…”
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Latitudinal Pigmentation Variation Contradicts Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure: A Case Study in Tropical Indian Drosophila melanogaster by Rajpurohit, Subhash, Schmidt, Paul S

“…The effects of ultraviolet radiation (UV) on the animal body have been reported in many studies, and melanin has emerged as a protective mechanism. In smaller…”
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Clinal variation as a tool to understand climate change by Mayekar, Harshad Vijay, Ramkumar, Durga Kavya, Garg, Divita, Nair, Abhishek, Khandelwal, Ashwin, Joshi, Kavya, Rajpurohit, Subhash

“…Clines are observable gradients that reflect continuous change in biological traits of species across geographical ranges. Clinal gradients could vary at…”
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Structural colouration in Drosophila wings is thermally plastic and exhibits ecological variation by Garg, Divita, Dhotre, Kanak, Mayekar, Harshad Vijay, Singh Grewal, Raghwinder, Rajpurohit, Subhash

“…Introduction Structural colour patterns and their functions in insect wings are less known. Wing interference patterns (WIPs) are colour patterns apparent when…”
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Changes in body melanisation and desiccation resistance in highland vs. lowland populations of D. melanogaster by Parkash, Ravi, Rajpurohit, Subhash, Ramniwas, Seema

“…Wild caught samples of Drosophila melanogaster from five highland localities showed parallel changes in melanisation and desiccation resistance in darker…”
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Post‐eclosion temperature effects on insect cuticular hydrocarbon profiles by Rajpurohit, Subhash, Vrkoslav, Vladimír, Hanus, Robert, Gibbs, Allen G., Cvačka, Josef, Schmidt, Paul S

“…The insect cuticle is the interface between internal homeostasis and the often harsh external environment. Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) are key constituents…”
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Long Non-Coding RNAs in Insects by Choudhary, Chhavi, Sharma, Shivasmi, Meghwanshi, Keshav Kumar, Patel, Smit, Mehta, Prachi, Shukla, Nidhi, Do, Duy Ngoc, Rajpurohit, Subhash, Suravajhala, Prashanth, Shukla, Jayendra Nath

“…Only a small subset of all the transcribed RNAs are used as a template for protein translation, whereas RNA molecules that are not translated play a very…”
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Accurate, ultra-low coverage genome reconstruction and association studies in Hybrid Swarm mapping populations by Weller, Cory A, Tilk, Susanne, Rajpurohit, Subhash, Bergland, Alan O

“…Genetic association studies seek to uncover the link between genotype and phenotype, and often utilize inbred reference panels as a replicable source of…”
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Clinal variation in fitness related traits in tropical drosophilids of the Indian subcontinent by Rajpurohit, Subhash, Nedved, Oldrich

“…In the last two decades a considerable number of studies have described geographic variation in morphometric, physiological and behavioral traits of over a…”
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An Experimental Evolution Test of the Relationship between Melanism and Desiccation Survival in Insects by Rajpurohit, Subhash, Peterson, Lisa Marie, Orr, Andrew J, Marlon, Anthony J, Gibbs, Allen G

“…We used experimental evolution to test the 'melanism-desiccation' hypothesis, which proposes that dark cuticle in several Drosophila species is an adaptation…”
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Body melanization and its adaptive role in thermoregulation and tolerance against desiccating conditions in drosophilids by Rajpurohit, Subhash (Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India), E-mail: srmailbox@rediffmail.com, Parkash, Ravi (Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India), Ramniwas, Seema (Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India)

“…Melanism seems to have evolved independently through diverse mechanisms in various taxa and different ecological factors could be responsible for selective…”
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No single rescue recipe: genome complexities modulate insect response to climate change by Mayekar, Harshad Vijay, Rajpurohit, Subhash

“…Declines in insect populations have gained formidable attention. Given their crucial role in the ecosystem, the causes of declining insect populations must be…”
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Cuticle darkening correlates with increased body copper content in Drosophila melanogaster by Vásquez-Procopio, Johana, Rajpurohit, Subhash, Missirlis, Fanis

“…Insect epidermal cells secrete a cuticle that serves as an exoskeleton providing mechanical rigidity to each individual, but also insulation, camouflage or…”
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Correction to: Cuticle darkening correlates with increased body copper content in Drosophila melanogaster by Vásquez-Procopio, Johana, Rajpurohit, Subhash, Missirlis, Fanis

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Climate change, boundary increase and elongation of a pre-existing cline: A case study in Drosophila ananassae by Rajpurohit, Subhash (Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India), E-mail: srmailbox@rediffmail.com, Parkash, Ravi (Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India), Singh, Shama (Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India), Pamniwas, Seema (Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India)

“…During the past two to three decades, Drosophila ananassae, a warm adapted tropical species, has invaded low to mid altitude localities in the western…”
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Direct observation of adaptive tracking on ecological time scales in Drosophila by Rudman, Seth M, Greenblum, Sharon I, Rajpurohit, Subhash, Betancourt, Nicolas J, Hanna, Jinjoo, Tilk, Susanne, Yokoyama, Tuya, Petrov, Dmitri A, Schmidt, Paul

“…Direct observation of evolution in response to natural environmental change can resolve fundamental questions about adaptation, including its pace, temporal…”
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Genome, Evolution, Drosophila and Beyond: The New Dimensions by Prigent, Stéphane R, Rajpurohit, Subhash

“…A century ago, a little fly with red eyes was first used for genetic studies. That insignificant fly called at that time, Drosophila ampelophila, was going to…”
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Microbiome composition shapes rapid genomic adaptation of Drosophila melanogaster by Rudman, Seth M., Greenblum, Sharon, Hughes, Rachel C., Rajpurohit, Subhash, Kiratli, Ozan, Lowder, Dallin B., Lemmon, Skyler G., Petrov, Dmitri A., Chaston, John M., Schmidt, Paul

“…Population genomic data has revealed patterns of genetic variation associated with adaptation in many taxa. Yet understanding the adaptive process that drives…”
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