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Sensory Ecology Of Acoustic Communication In The Tropical Bushcricket Genus Mecopoda : Mechanisms And Evolution Of Synchrony
(2009-07-10)
In this thesis, I characterise five species of the bushcricket genus Mecopoda with respect to their acoustic signals and morphology and investigate the phenomenon of acoustic synchrony in one of these five species: Mecopoda ...
Game of Thrones : Direct Fitness through Nest Foundation in the Primitively Eusocial Wasp Ropalidia Marginata
(2018-07-09)
Reproduction is the avenue for gaining direct fitness. But in certain species some individuals do not reproduce, instead gain indirect fitness by helping relatives to reproduce; the prime examples for this come from the ...
Understanding Patterns of Bird Species Distribution in the Western Ghats
(2018-06-23)
Macroecology is the study of relationships between organisms and the environment at large spatial and temporal scales. This field of research examines patterns in species abundance, distribution and diversity. Understanding ...
Queens And Their Succerssors : The Story Of Power In The Primitively Eusocial Wasp Ropalidia Marginata
(2009-04-30)
Ropalidia marginata is characterized as a primitively eusocial wasp due to the absence of morphological differentiation between the queen and worker castes. Unlike other primitively eusocial wasps, however, the queen in ...
Urbanisation and Shifting Phenotypes Behavioural, Physiological and Cognitive Strategies of the Indian Rock Agama Psammophilus Dorsalis
(2018-07-09)
Humans directly or indirectly cause changes in the environment, and urbanisation is currently one of the most important threats to biodiversity. Urbanisation exposes organisms to novel pressures that are drastically different ...
For Queen and Country : Reproductive and Non-Reproductive Division of Labour in the Primitively Eusocial Wasp Ropalidia Cyathiformis
(2018-07-05)
Division of labour is a hallmark of eusocial insects and is believed to be a major factor in their evolutionary success and ecological dominance. Division of labour can be of two kinds
– reproductive division of labour ...
Functional Characterization Of Proteins Involved In Cell To Cell Movement Of Cotton Leaf Curl Kokhran Virus- Dabawali
(2010-09-13)
Viruses are submicroscopic obligate parasites and depend on the host cell for their growth and reproduction. Plants are infected by diverse group of viruses that mostly possess RNA as their genome. As exception, viruses ...
Identification of Tropomyosin as the Major Cross-Reacting Crustacean Allergen
(Indian Institute of Science, 2005-04-25)
Seafood including crustaceans, on ingestion, are known to provoke gastrointestinal as well as systemic allergic reactions. Crustaceans are aquatic arthropods with a chitinous exoskeleton and include shrimp, lobster, prawn ...
Identification Of Chloroquine Resistant Haplotypes Of Plasmodium Falciparum In India And Development Of New Antimalarial Combinations
(2008-10-03)
Malaria afflicts 300-500 million people in the world and the mortality ranges from 1-2
million, children in Africa being the most susceptible. With a vaccine not being
available against malaria and the front line drugs ...
Type-II Ribosome Inactivating Proteins From Abrus Precatorius : Cytotoxicity And Mechanism Of Cell Death
(2009-05-21)
Type-II Ribosome Inactivating Proteins from Abrus precatorius: Cytotoxicity and Mechanism of Cell Death
A/B toxins produced by bacteria and plants are among the deadliest molecules known. The plant type-II ribosome ...