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- Masters Zoology Delhi University
- Bachelors Zoology Delhi University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Uma Ramakrishnan is an Indian molecular ecologist and professor at National Centre for Biological Sciences , Bangalore. Her research investigates population genetics and evolutionary history of mammals in the Indian subcontinent, including work to save India’s tigers. In July 2019, she was elected as a fellow to the Indian National Science Academy.
Uma Ramakrishnan's Published Works
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Published Works
- Merging paleobiology with conservation biology to guide the future of terrestrial ecosystems (2017) (244)
- Serial SimCoal: A population genetics model for data from multiple populations and points in time (2005) (229)
- History of click-speaking populations of Africa inferred from mtDNA and Y chromosome genetic variation. (2007) (225)
- Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved (2020) (188)
- Genomic characterization and epidemiology of an emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant in Delhi, India (2021) (186)
- Evaluation of non-invasive genetic sampling methods for estimating tiger population size (2009) (167)
- Tiger decline caused by the reduction of large ungulate prey: evidence from a study of leopard diets in southern India (1999) (163)
- Genetic Response to Climatic Change: Insights from Ancient DNA and Phylochronology (2004) (145)
- Using phylochronology to reveal cryptic population histories: review and synthesis of 29 ancient DNA studies (2009) (116)
- Genetic Analysis of Group Composition and Breeding System in a Wild Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) Population (2000) (109)
- Connectivity of Tiger (Panthera tigris) Populations in the Human-Influenced Forest Mosaic of Central India (2013) (105)
- Ancient Geographical Gaps and Paleo-Climate Shape the Phylogeography of an Endemic Bird in the Sky Islands of Southern India (2010) (97)
- Demographic loss, genetic structure and the conservation implications for Indian tigers (2013) (84)
- Detecting past population bottlenecks using temporal genetic data (2005) (83)
- Impact of wild prey availability on livestock predation by snow leopards (2017) (79)
- PERCEPTUAL ASPECTS OF LEOPARD RECOGNITION BY WILD BONNET MACAQUES (MACACA RADIATA) (2000) (78)
- Recognition of heterospecific alarm vocalizations by bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata). (2000) (77)
- Why the Indian Subcontinent Holds the Key to Global Tiger Recovery (2009) (76)
- Maintaining tiger connectivity and minimizing extinction into the next century: Insights from landscape genetics and spatially-explicit simulations (2017) (74)
- Age Differences in the Responses to Adult and Juvenile Alarm Calls by Bonnet Macaques (Macaca radiata) (2000) (72)
- Threat-Related Acoustical Differences in Alarm Calls by Wild Bonnet Macaques (Macaca radiata) Elicited by Python and Leopard Models (2007) (65)
- Phylogenetic relationships and morphometric affinities of the Arunachal macaque Macaca munzala, a newly described primate from Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. (2007) (59)
- Impact of poaching on an Asian elephant population in Periyar, southern India: a model of demography and tusk harvest (1998) (58)
- Endozoochory by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) across a suburban/woodland interface (2008) (58)
- Protected areas and biodiversity conservation in India (2019) (58)
- GENETIC EFFECTIVE SIZE OF A WILD PRIMATE POPULATION: INFLUENCE OF CURRENT AND HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY (2002) (57)
- The Design of IMF-Supported Programs (2005) (56)
- Global Commitments to Conserving and Monitoring Genetic Diversity Are Now Necessary and Feasible (2021) (55)
- Tapestry: A Single-Round Smart Pooling Technique for COVID-19 Testing (2020) (53)
- Serial coalescent simulations suggest a weak genealogical relationship between Etruscans and modern Tuscans. (2006) (52)
- Rapid multiplex PCR based species identification of wild tigers using non-invasive samples (2007) (51)
- Snake Species Discrimination by Wild Bonnet Macaques (Macaca radiata) (2005) (48)
- Ecology Driving Genetic Variation: A Comparative Phylogeography of Jungle Cat (Felis chaus) and Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in India (2010) (47)
- A panel of microsatellites to individually identify leopards and its application to leopard monitoring in human dominated landscapes (2009) (47)
- Deep and wide valleys drive nested phylogeographic patterns across a montane bird community (2015) (47)
- Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers in the African elephant (Loxondonta africana) and their use in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) (2000) (45)
- Precision and accuracy of divergence time estimates from STR and SNPSTR variation. (2004) (44)
- Forecasting Inflation in Indonesia (2002) (43)
- Early environment shapes the development of gaze aversion by wild bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) (2002) (40)
- A phylogeny of open‐habitat lizards (Squamata: Lacertidae: Ophisops) supports the antiquity of Indian grassy biomes (2017) (39)
- Recognition of partially concealed leopards by wild bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) The role of the spotted coat (2005) (38)
- Strategies used by bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) to reduce predation risk while sleeping (2001) (38)
- Genomic evidence for inbreeding depression and purging of deleterious genetic variation in Indian tigers (2021) (37)
- Conservation priorities for endangered Indian tigers through a genomic lens (2017) (35)
- Recent Evolutionary History of Tigers Highlights Contrasting Roles of Genetic Drift and Selection (2019) (31)
- Genome-wide data reveal cryptic diversity and genetic introgression in an Oriental cynopterine fruit bat radiation (2016) (30)
- Past climate and species ecology drive nested species richness patterns along an east‐west axis in the Himalaya (2014) (30)
- Survey of the Fishing Cat Prionailurus viverrinus Bennett, 1833 (Carnivora: Felidae) and some aspects impacting its conservation in India (2012) (30)
- Tracing the geographic origin of traded leopard body parts in the indian subcontinent with DNA‐based assignment tests (2015) (29)
- Empowering conservation practice with efficient and economical genotyping from poor quality samples (2019) (29)
- Effect of diversity and missing data on genetic assignment with RAD-Seq markers (2014) (29)
- Science in the wilderness: the predicament of scientific research in India's wildlife reserves (2006) (29)
- Two new genera of songbirds represent endemic radiations from the Shola Sky Islands of the Western Ghats, India (2017) (29)
- Capital Inflows and Balance of Payments Pressures - Tailoring Policy Responses in Emerging Market Economies (2008) (28)
- The population and conservation status of Asian elephants in the Periyar Tiger Reserve, Southern India (1998) (27)
- Human footprint differentially impacts genetic connectivity of four wide‐ranging mammals in a fragmented landscape (2019) (26)
- Review of the 2002 Conditionality Guidelines (2005) (25)
- An evaluation of the PCR-RFLP technique to aid molecular-based monitoring of felids and canids in India (2010) (24)
- Determinants of effective population size for loci with different modes of inheritance. (2001) (24)
- Genetic Structure and Phylogeography of the Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) Inferred from Mitochondrial Genomes (2017) (24)
- Filovirus-reactive antibodies in humans and bats in Northeast India imply zoonotic spillover (2019) (24)
- Unleashing Growth and Strengthening Resilience in the Caribbean (2017) (21)
- Islands within islands: two montane palaeo‐endemic birds impacted by recent anthropogenic fragmentation (2015) (21)
- Geographical and host species barriers differentially affect generalist and specialist parasite community structure in a tropical sky-island archipelago (2019) (20)
- The hills are alive with geckos! A radiation of a dozen species on sky islands across peninsular India (Squamata: Gekkonidae, Hemiphyllodactylus) with the description of three new species (2019) (20)
- The Role of IMF Support in Crisis Prevention (2006) (19)
- Genetic Polymorphism in the Serotonin Transporter Promoter Region and Ecological Success in Macaques (2010) (19)
- Sibling species in South Indian populations of the rufous horse-shoe bat Rhinolophus rouxii (2012) (18)
- Studying the effect of environmental change on biotic evolution: past genetic contributions, current work and future directions (2004) (18)
- Activity patterns of the small and medium felid (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) guild in northeastern India (2019) (18)
- Impact of human population history on distributions of individual-level genetic distance (2005) (18)
- Advancing Financial Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (2016) (18)
- Are shed hair genomes the most effective noninvasive resource for estimating relationships in the wild? (2020) (18)
- USE OF RECOMBINANT ANTIGENS OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI AND ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM IN ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAYS TO DETECT ANTIBODIES IN WHITE-TAILED DEER (2004) (18)
- Regional Economic Disparities in Australia (2004) (18)
- Opinion: Envisioning a biodiversity science for sustaining human well-being (2020) (18)
- Commensalism facilitates gene flow in mountains: a comparison between two Rattus species (2015) (17)
- Promiscuous mating in the harem‐roosting fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx (2012) (17)
- A Comparison of the Sleeping Behavior of Three Sympatric Primates (2001) (16)
- Source–sink dynamics structure a common montane mammal (2009) (15)
- Higher speciation and lower extinction rates influence mammal diversity gradients in Asia (2015) (15)
- A call for tiger management using "reserves" of genetic diversity. (2014) (15)
- Empowering conservation practice with efficient and economical genotyping from poor quality samples using mPCRseq (2018) (14)
- Fire and ice: genetic structure of the Uinta ground squirrel (Spermophilus armatus) across the Yellowstone hotspot (2008) (14)
- Genetics, morphology and ecology reveal a cryptic pika lineage in the Sikkim Himalaya. (2017) (14)
- Estimation of genetically effective breeding numbers using a rejection algorithm approach (2004) (13)
- A set of miniSTRs for population genetic analyses of tigers (Panthera tigris) with cross-species amplification for seven other Felidae (2012) (13)
- Climatic and geographic barriers drive distributional patterns of bird phenotypes within peninsular India (2017) (13)
- Non-sister Sri Lankan white-eyes (genus Zosterops) are a result of independent colonizations (2017) (13)
- Priorities for COVID-19 research response and preparedness in low-resource settings (2021) (13)
- Asymmetric patterns of reassortment and concerted evolution in Cardamom bushy dwarf virus. (2014) (12)
- Genotyping single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across species in Old World Monkeys (2011) (12)
- Securing biodiversity, securing our future: A national mission on biodiversity and human well-being for India (2021) (11)
- High frequency of an otherwise rare phenotype in a small and isolated tiger population (2021) (11)
- Quaternary climate change and social behavior shaped the genetic differentiation of an endangered montane primate from the southern edge of the Tibetan Plateau (2015) (11)
- Serological Evidence of Lyssavirus Infection among Bats in Nagaland, a North-Eastern State in India (2017) (11)
- Correction: Why the Indian Subcontinent Holds the Key to Global Tiger Recovery (2009) (10)
- Molecular genetic perspective of group-living in a polygynous fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx (2011) (10)
- The role of geography, environment, and genetic divergence on the distribution of pikas in the Himalaya (2020) (10)
- Identifying species, sex and individual tigers and leopards in the Malenad-Mysore Tiger Landscape, Western Ghats, India (2015) (10)
- Reassessment of the Distribution and Threat Status of the Western Ghats Endemic Bird, Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis (2014) (10)
- Two new species of the Ophisops microlepis (Squamata: Lacertidae) complex from northwestern India with a key to Indian Ophisops (2018) (9)
- The Incidence and Effectiveness of Prior Actions in Imf-Supported Programs (2006) (9)
- Males and Females Gain Differentially from Sociality in a Promiscuous Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx (2015) (9)
- Human footprint differentially impacts genetic connectivity of four wide-ranging mammals in a fragmented landscape (2019) (9)
- Reconsidering the management paradigm of fragmented populations (2019) (8)
- Molecular evidence for the occurrence of the leaf deer Muntiacus putaoensis in Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India (2008) (8)
- Mixed Fortunes: Ancient Expansion and Recent Decline in Population Size of a Subtropical Montane Primate, the Arunachal Macaque Macaca munzala (2014) (8)
- Transcriptome analysis reveals plasticity in gene regulation due to environmental cues in Primula sikkimensis, a high altitude plant species (2019) (8)
- Gene expression is implicated in the ability of pikas to occupy Himalayan elevational gradient (2018) (8)
- An optimized protocol for large‐scale in situ sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds (2018) (7)
- The evolutionary history of an accidental model organism, the leopard gecko Eublepharis macularius (Squamata: Eublepharidae). (2022) (7)
- Closely related species show species-specific environmental responses and different spatial conservation needs: Prionailurus cats in the Indian subcontinent (2020) (7)
- IMF Support and Crisis Prevention (2008) (6)
- Facilitative interactions among co-flowering Primula species mediated by pollinator sharing (2018) (5)
- High prevalence and diversity of Bartonella in small mammals from the biodiverse Western Ghats (2021) (5)
- Are the southern feeding group of Eastern Pacific gray wbales a maternal genetic isolate? (2008) (5)
- The critically endangered forest owlet Heteroglaux blewitti is nested within the currently recognized Athene clade: A century-old debate addressed (2018) (5)
- Genomic data reveal a loss of diversity in two species of tuco-tucos (genus Ctenomys) following a volcanic eruption (2017) (5)
- The truth about scats and dogs: Next-generation sequencing and spatial capture–recapture models offer opportunities for conservation monitoring of an endangered social canid (2021) (5)
- Comparative Population Structure in Species of Bats Differing in Ecology and Morphology in the Andaman Islands, India (2018) (5)
- Identifying geographic hot spots of reassortment in a multipartite plant virus (2014) (4)
- Cryptic diversity and habitat partitioning in an economically important aphid species complex. (2015) (4)
- Evidence of filovirus and henipavirus in bats and bat harvesters, India (2019) (4)
- Synthesizing habitat connectivity analyses of a globally important human‐dominated tiger‐conservation landscape (2022) (4)
- Do complex population histories drive higher estimates of substitution rate in phylogenetic reconstructions? (2009) (4)
- Rapid species identification of sloth bears from non-invasive samples: a PCR-based assay (2018) (4)
- Coalescent Theory of Migration Network Motifs (2017) (3)
- Metabarcoding for parallel identification of species, sex and diet of obligate scavengers: an application to globally-threatened Gyps vultures (2020) (3)
- Determining the sex of a monomorphic threatened, endemic passerine in the sky islands of southern India using molecular and morphometric methods (2011) (3)
- Assessing Landscape Connectivity for Tigers and Prey Species: Concepts and Practice (2017) (3)
- EFFECTS OF GENDER AND SEASON ON SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF DEER-VEHICLE COLLISIONS (2005) (3)
- Arunachal macaque Macaca munzala (2013) (3)
- Past influences present: Mammalian species from different biogeographic pools sort environmentally in the Indian subcontinent (2016) (3)
- Chapter 15. Violence in the Caribbean: Cost and Impact (2017) (2)
- Cryptic diversity of Rhinolophus lepidus in South Asia and differentiation across a biogeographic barrier (2021) (2)
- Variance in Female Reproductive Success Differentially Impacts Effective Population Size in the Short-Nosed Fruit Bat, Cynopterus sphinx (2017) (2)
- Social structure of the harem-forming promiscuous fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx, is the harem truly important? (2018) (2)
- SARS-CoV-2 infection dynamics and genomic surveillance to detect variants in wastewater – a longitudinal study in Bengaluru, India (2023) (2)
- Concepts and Practices: Assessing Tiger Population Dynamics Using Genetic Captures (2017) (2)
- Recapitulating whole genome based population genetic structure for Indian wild tigers through an ancestry informative marker panel (2021) (2)
- Censusing elephants in forests : proceedings of an international workshop (1991) (2)
- Health Heatmap of India: An Open Data Platform (2020) (2)
- Protected corridors preserve tiger genetic diversity and minimize extinction into the next century (2016) (1)
- Near-chromosomal de novo assembly of Bengal tiger genome reveals genetic hallmarks of apex predation (2022) (1)
- Metabarcoding for parallel identification of species, sex and diet: an application to the conservation of globally-threatened Gyps vultures (2019) (1)
- Using Environmental Sampling to Enable Zoonotic Pandemic Preparedness (2022) (1)
- Assessing the status of critically endangered Kondana soft-furred rat (Millardia kondana) using integrative taxonomy: combining evidence from morphological, molecular and environmental niche modeling (2020) (1)
- Supplementary material from "Impact of wild prey availability on livestock predation by snow leopards" (2017) (1)
- Gut microflora may facilitate adaptation to anthropic habitat: A comparative study in Rattus (2018) (1)
- Molecular Tools For Biodiversity Conservation (2018) (1)
- How methodological changes have influenced our understanding of population structure in threatened species: insights from tiger populations across India (2022) (1)
- Sibling species in South Indian populations of the rufous horse-shoe bat Rhinolophus rouxii (2012) (1)
- The Post-COVID India: (2020) (1)
- Author Correction: Prioritizing India’s landscapes for biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being (2023) (0)
- A view from the past: shortwings and sky islands of the Western Ghats 1 (2011) (0)
- Molecular Tools For Biodiversity Conservation (2018) (0)
- Part I Overview (2005) (0)
- Genomic data reveal a loss of diversity in two species of tuco-tucos (genus Ctenomys) following a volcanic eruption (2017) (0)
- Genome‐wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers from fecal samples reveal anthropogenic impacts on connectivity: case of a small carnivore in the central Indian landscape (2022) (0)
- SNP genotyping to monitor wild tigers for conservation (2017) (0)
- Genomic Variation, Population Structure, and Gene Flow across Asian Pikas (2022) (0)
- Chapter 2. Reinvigorating Growth in the Caribbean (2017) (0)
- Variance in Female Reproductive Success Differentially Impacts Effective Population Size in the Short-Nosed Fruit Bat, Cynopterus sphinx (2017) (0)
- The hills are alive with geckos! A radiation of a dozen species on sky islands across peninsular India (Squamata: Gekkonidae, Hemiphyllodactylus) with the description of three new species (2019) (0)
- Corrigendum to "Genetics, morphology and ecology reveal a cryptic pika lineage in the Sikkim Himalaya" [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 106 (2017) 55-60]. (2017) (0)
- Molecular Tools For Biodiversity Conservation Unravelling Cat Mysteries (2018) (0)
- Capital Inflows and Balance of Payments Pressures (2008) (0)
- Prioritizing landscapes to reconcile biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, and human well-being in India (2022) (0)
- Transcriptome analysis reveals plasticity in gene regulation due to environmental cues in Primula sikkimensis, a high altitude plant species (2019) (0)
- Prioritizing India’s landscapes for biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being (2023) (0)
- Correction: Filovirus-reactive antibodies in humans and bats in Northeast India imply zoonotic spillover (2021) (0)
- Correction: Mixed Fortunes: Ancient Expansion and Recent Decline in Population Size of a Subtropical Montane Primate, the Arunachal Macaque Macaca munzala (2014) (0)
- Metabarcoding for parallel identification of species, sex and diet of obligate scavengers: an application to globally-threatened Gyps vultures (2020) (0)
- At the crossroads: molecular ecology and wildlife conservation (2021) (0)
- Supplementary material from "Social structure of the harem-forming promiscuous fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx , is the harem truly important?" (2018) (0)
- The desert hamster Phodopus roborovskii (Satunin, 1903) (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from north-western Tibetan plateau, Ladakh, India: an addition to the mammalian fauna of the Indian subcontinent (2019) (0)
- Facilitative interactions among co-flowering Primula species mediated by pollinator sharing (2018) (0)
- Two new genera of songbirds represent endemic radiations from the Shola Sky Islands of the Western Ghats, India (2017) (0)
- Biological Correlates with Degree of Introgressive Hybridization between Coyotes Canis latrans and Wolves Canis sp. in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (2022) (0)
- Erratum: Determinants of effective population size for loci with different modes of inheritance (The Journal of Heredity (November-December 2001) 92:6) (2002) (0)
- Genome - wide variation and demographic history of small cats with a focus on Felis species (2017) (0)
- SARS-CoV-2 infection dynamics and genomic surveillance reveals early variant transmission in urban wastewater (2022) (0)
- Book Review: The Blue Revolution: Land Use and Integrated Water Resource Management (2000) (0)
- Identifying species, sex and individual tigers and leopards in the Malenad-Mysore Tiger Landscape, Western Ghats, India (2014) (0)
- Excerpt: Unleashing Growth and Strengthening Resilience in the Caribbean (2017) (0)
- Conservation priorities for endangered Indian tigers through a genomic lens (2017) (0)
- Is shed hair the most effective non-invasive resource for estimating wild pedigrees? (2019) (0)
- IV Fiscal Policy (2005) (0)
- Effect of diversity and missing data on genetic assignment with RAD-Seq markers (2014) (0)
- Does carnivore predation on livestock decline as wild-prey abundance increases? (0)
- Genomic surveillance reveals circulation of multiple variants and lineages of SARS-CoV-2 during COVID-19 pandemic in Indian city of Bengaluru (2023) (0)
- A set of miniSTRs for population genetic analyses of tigers (Panthera tigris) with cross-species amplification for seven other Felidae (2011) (0)
- Genome-wide data reveal cryptic diversity and genetic introgression in an Oriental cynopterine fruit bat radiation (2016) (0)
- ADDENDUM (2002) (0)
- III Toward Crisis Prevention: Precautionary Arrangements (2008) (0)
- Higher speciation and lower extinction rates influence mammal diversity gradients in Asia (2015) (0)
- Financial Development and Inclusion in the Caribbean, WP/18/53, March 2018 (2018) (0)
- Impact of human population histor yo n distributions of individual-leve lg enetic (2005) (0)
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