Amitabh Joshi
Professor
Evolutionary & Integrative Biology Unit
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
India
Biography
Amitabh Joshi has completed his: University of Delhi, Indi B. Sc. (Honours) 1986 Botany University of Delhi, India M. Sc. 1988 Genetics Washington State University, Pullman, USA Ph. D. 1993 Evolutionary Genetics
Research Interest
Amitabh Joshi research interest include: Life-history evolution, especially the evolution of developmental rates and life-span, and the generality of life-history tradeoffs, The role of biological clocks in timing life-history events, Competition and density-dependent selection, Small population and metapopulation dynamics, Evolutionary genetics of circadian rhythms, Philosophical issues in adaptation and evolution.
Publications
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M. Rajamani, N. Raghavendra, N. G. Prasad, N. Archana, A. Joshi and M. Shakarad, Reduced larval feeding rate is a strong evolutionary correlate of rapid development in Drosophila melanogaster, Journal of Genetics, 85, 209 - 212 (2006).
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N. S. Bharathi, N. Archana, B. Anjana, K. M. Satish, J. Mohan and A. Joshi, 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).
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S. Dey and A. Joshi, Local perturbations do not affect stability of laboratory fruitfly metapopulations, PloS ONE, 2, (2007).
