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Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012

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Butterflies

·        Effect of life history traits on phylogeographic patterns in butterflies (DBT funded and MoEF funded)

Sandhya Sekar

 

·        DNA barcoding of satyrine butterfly (Satyrinae: Nymphalidae) of peninsular India (DBT funded, project completed March 2010)

Manjunatha Reddy, Karthik V Rao

 

 

Centipedes

·        Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the centipede family Scolopendridae (Order: Scolopendromorpha) (MoEF funded)

Jahnavi Joshi

 

·        Phylogeography of the Scolopendrid genus Digitipes in peninsular India (CSIR funded)

Jahnavi Joshi

 

 

·        Phylogeny of the centipedes of the genus Rhysida from India (CSIR funded)

Rekha warrier and Jahnavi Joshi

 

Tarantula

·        Phylogeny of the tarantula of the genus Poecilotheria (Araneae: Theraphosidae) (MoEF, project completed in 2009)

Henrik Krehenwinkel

 

·        Phylogeny and biogeography of Tarantula of endemic Indian subfamily Thrigmopoeinae (DST funded)

Dr. N P I Das

 

 

Geckos

·         Molecular phylogeny of Hemidactylus geckos of the Indian subcontinent (IISc startup grant, MoEF funded)

Rohini Bansal

 

·         Origin and phylogenetic position of Hemidactylus anamallensis (MoEF funded)

Rohini Bansal

 

·         Clarifying species status of various morphotypes in the Hemidactylus brookii complex (DST funded)

Aparna Lajmi

 

·         Phylogeography and evolution of the genus Geckoella (DST funded)

Ishan Agarwal

 

 

Skinks

·        Biogeography of Endemic skinks from the Western Ghats (DST funded)

Aniruddha Datta Roy

 

 

Langurs

·        Resolving the taxonomy of peninsular Indian Hanuman langurs through multi-disciplinary approach (DBT funded)

Chetan Nag

 

·        Delimiting species boundaries among Hanuman langurs through molecular phylogenetic approach (DBT funded)

Ashalakshmi C N.

 

 

 

DBT: Department of Biotechnology

CSIR: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

DST: Department of Science and Technology

MoEF: Ministry of Environment and Forest