Amitabh Joshi Ph. D., F. A. Sc., F. N. A. Sc. Professor of Evolutionary and Organismal Biology
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Local perturbations do not affect stability of laboratory fruitfly metapopulations,
PloS ONE,
2, (2007).
Time to death in the presence of E. coli: a mass-scale method for assaying pathogen resistance in Drosophila,
Journal of Genetics,
86, 75 - 79 (2007).
Reduced larval feeding rate is a strong evolutionary correlate of rapid development in Drosophila melanogaster,
Journal of Genetics,
85, 209 - 212 (2006).
Response to comment on "Stability via asynchrony in Drosophila metapopulations with low migration rates,
Science,
314, 420 (2006).
Stability via asynchrony in Drosophila metapopulations with low migration rates,
Science,
312, 434 - 436 (2006).
Micro-environmental variation in pre-assay rearing conditions can lead to anomalies in the measurement of life-history traits,
Journal of Genetics,
85, 53 - 56 (2006).
The effect of migration on metapopulation stability is qualitatively unaffected by demographic and spatial heterogeneity,
Journal of Theoretical Biology,
238, 78 - 84 (2006).
Behaviour genetics in the post-genomics era: from genes to behaviour and vice versa,
Current Science,
89, 1128 - 1135 (2005).
Possible role of eclosion rhythm in mediating the effects of light-dark environments on pre-adult development in Drosophila melanogaster,
BMC Developmental Biology,
5, 5 (2005).
Faster development does not lead to correlated evolution of greater pre-adult competitive ability in Drosophila melanogaster,
Biology Letters,
1, 91 - 94 (2005).
Inbreeding and sex: canalization, plasticity and sexual selection,
Journal of Genetics,
84, 13 - 15 (2005).
Variation in the relative magnitude of intraspecific and interspecific competitive effects in novel versus familiar environments in two Drosophila species,
Journal of Genetics,
83, 179 - 188 (2004).
Circadian clocks and life-history-related traits: is pupation height affected by circadian organization in Drosophila melanogaster?,
Journal of Genetics,
83, 73 - 77 (2004).
Correlates of sexual dimorphism for dry weight and development time in five species of Drosophila,
Journal of Zoology,
264, 87 - 95 (2004).
Multi-oscillatory control of eclosion and oviposition rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster: evidence from limits of entrainment studies,
Chronobiology International,
21, 539 - 552 (2004).
A potential mass-scale assay for level of immune competence in Drosophila,
Current Science,
86, 1482 - 1485 (2004).
Are bigger flies always better: the role of genes and environment,
Journal of Genetics,
83, 13 - 15 (2004).
Variation in adult life-history and stress resistance across five species of Drosophila,
Journal of Genetics,
82, 191 - 205 (2003).
The contribution of ancestry, chance, and past and ongoing selection to adaptive evolution,
Journal of Genetics,
82, 147 - 162 (2003).
What have two decades of laboratory life-history evolution studies on Drosophila melanogaster taught us?,
Journal of Genetics,
82, 45 - 76 (2003).
Interaction between the effects of maternal and larval nutritional levels on pre-adult survival in Drosophila melanogaster,
Evolutionary Ecology Research,
5, 903 - 911 (2003).
The evolution of population stability as a by-product of life-history evolution,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences,
270, (2003).
Entrainment of eclosion rhythm in Drosophila melanogaster populations reared for more than 700 generations in constant light environment,
Chronobiology International,
20, 977 - 987 (2003).
Developmental plasticity of the locomotor activity rhythm of Drosophila melanogaster,
Journal of Insect Physiology,
48, 25 - 32 (2002).
Locomotor activity rhythm in Drosophila melanogaster after 600 generations in an aperiodic environment,
Naturwissenschaften,
89, 512 - 514 (2002).
Development and competition in fruit flies: a tale of two densities,
Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy B,
67, 389 - 396 (2001).
Does the difference in the timing of eclosion of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster reflect differences in the circadian organization?,
Chronobiology International,
18, 601 - 612 (2001).
Correlated responses to selection for faster development and early reproduction in Drosophila: the evolution of larval traits,
Evolution,
55, 1363 - 1372 (2001).
Evolution of faster development does not lead to greater fluctuating asymmetry of sternopleural bristle number in Drosophila,
Journal of Genetics,
80, 1 - 7 (2001).
A case for multiple oscillators controlling different rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster,
Journal of Insect Physiology,
47, 1217 - 1225 (2001).
Persistence of oviposition rhythm in individuals of Drosophila melanogaster reared in an aperiodic environment for several hundred generations,
Journal of Experimental Zoology,
290, 541 - 549 (2001).
Incorporating spatial variation in density enhances the stability of simple population dynamics models,
Journal of Theoretical Biology,
209, 249 - 255 (2001).
K-selection, a-selection, effectiveness, and tolerance in competition: density-dependent selection revisited,
Journal of Genetics,
80, 63 - 75 (2001).
Evolution of reduced pre-adult viability and larval growth rate in laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster selected for shorter development time,
Genetical Research,
76, 249 - 259 (2000).
Does population stability evolve?,
Ecology,
81, 1273 - 1285 (2000).
Life-history evolution in the laboratory,
Journal of the Indian Institute of Science,
80, 25 - 37 (2000).
The effect of different light regimes on adult lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster is partly mediated through reproductive output,
Journal of Biological Rhythms,
15, 380 - 392 (2000).
Effect of different light regimes on pre-adult fitness in Drosophila melanogaster populations reared in constant light for over six hundred generations,
Biological Rhythms Research,
30, 424 - 433 (1999).
Bimodal distribution of oviposition preference for a novel food medium in Drosophila melanogaster,
Current Science,
77, 1197 - 1200 (1999).
Persistence of Drosophila eclosion rhythm after 600 generations in an aperiodic environment,
Naturwissenschaften,
86, 448 - 449 (1999).
Poisson distribution of male mating success in laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster,
Genetical Research,
73, 239 - 249 (1999).
The cost of sex revisited: effects of male gamete output of hermaphrodites that are asexual in their female capacity,
Journal of Theoretical Biology,
195, 533 - 542 (1998).
Short and long-term effects of environmental urea on fecundity in Drosophila melanogaster,
Journal of Biosciences,
23, 279 - 283 (1998).
A test of simple models of population growth using data from very small populations of Drosophila melanogaster,
Current Science,
75, 1406 - 1410 (1998).
Oviposition preference for novel versus normal food resources in laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster,
Journal of Biosciences,
23, 93 - 100 (1998).
A genetic polymorphism maintained by natural selection in a temporally varying environment,
American Naturalist,
151, 148 - 156 (1998).
Density-dependent natural selection in Drosophila: adaptation to adult crowding,
Evolutionary Ecology,
12, 363 - 376 (1998).
Adaptive evolution and the footprints of history,
Current Science,
72, 944 - 949 (1997).
Laboratory studies of density-dependent selection: adaptations to crowding in Drosophila melanogaster,
Current Science,
72, 555 - 561 (1997).
Adult crowding effects on longevity in Drosophila melanogaster: increase in age-independent mortality,
Current Science,
72, 255 - 260 (1997).
Adaptation and specialization in a two-resource environment in Drosophila species,
Evolution,
51, 846 - 855 (1997).
Density-dependent natural selection in Drosophila: evolution of growth rate and body size,
Evolution,
51, 420 - 432 (1997).
Within- and among-population variation in oviposition preference for urea-supplemented food in Drosophila melanogaster,
Journal of Biosciences,
22, 325 - 338 (1997).
Phenotypic enhancement of longevity by environmental urea in Drosophila melanogaster,
Experimental Gerontology,
31, 533 - 544 (1996).
Density-dependent natural selection in Drosophila: trade-offs between larval food acquisition and utilization,
Evolutionary Ecology,
10, 463 - 474 (1996).
Genetics of larval urea tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster,
Heredity,
77, 33 - 39 (1996).
Evolution of broad and specific competitive ability in novel versus familiar environments in Drosophila species,
Evolution,
50, 188 - 194 (1996).
Male gamete output of asexuals and the dynamics of populations polymorphic for reproductive mode,
Journal of Theoretical Biology,
174, 189 - 197 (1995).
Alternative routes to the evolution of competitive ability in two competing species of Drosophila,
Evolution,
49, 616 - 625 (1995).
Trade-offs and the evolution of host specialization,
Evolutionary Ecology,
9, 82 - 92 (1995).
Directional and stabilizing density-dependent natural selection for pupation height in Drosophila melanogaster,
Evolution,
47, 176 - 184 (1993).
Evolution of higher feeding rate in Drosophila due to density-dependent natural selection,
Evolution,
42, 1090 - 1092 (1988).
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