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Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra

Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra

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Ecology and Evolution

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35
Citations
7910
World Ranking
7265
National Ranking
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Overview

Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. The research work focuses on several interconnected disciplines within biological sciences, emphasizing genetics, ecology, and evolutionary biology.

The main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science

Dasmahapatra's subfields of study reflect a specialization in:

  • Genetics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Insect Science

The primary research topics cover:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Dasmahapatra has published multiple papers in various scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Hybrid speciation driven by multilocus introgression of ecological traits (2024, Nature)
  • Genomic and fitness consequences of a near-extinction event in the northern elephant seal (2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Past, current, and potential future distributions of unique genetic diversity in a cold-adapted mountain butterfly (2020, Ecology and Evolution)
  • Anthropogenic pressures coincide with Neotropical biodiversity hotspots in a flagship butterfly group (2021, Diversity and Distributions)
  • Complex basis of hybrid female sterility and Haldane's rule in Heliconius butterflies: Z-linkage and epistasis (2021, Molecular Ecology)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • James Mallet
  • Marianne Élias
  • André Victor Lucci Freitas
  • Keith R. Willmott
  • Gerardo Lamas

The scientist's research is often published in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Developmental Biology

Best Publications

  • Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

    Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;James R. Walters;Adriana D. Briscoe

  • Genome-wide evidence for speciation with gene flow in Heliconius butterflies

    Simon H. Martin;Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;Nicola J. Nadeau;Camilo Salazar

  • Genomic architecture and introgression shape a butterfly radiation

    Nathaniel B. Edelman;Paul B. Frandsen;Paul B. Frandsen;Michael Miyagi;Bernardo Clavijo

  • Limited performance of DNA barcoding in a diverse community of tropical butterflies

    Marianne Elias;Ryan I Hill;Keith R Willmott;Kanchon K Dasmahapatra

  • Genomic islands of divergence in hybridizing Heliconius butterflies identified by large-scale targeted sequencing.

    Nicola J. Nadeau;Annabel Whibley;Robert T. Jones;Robert T. Jones;John W. Davey

  • High-throughput sequencing reveals inbreeding depression in a natural population.

    Joseph I. Hoffman;Fraser Simpson;Patrice David;Jolianne M. Rijks

  • Estimation of the Spontaneous Mutation Rate in Heliconius melpomene

    Peter D Keightley;Ana Pinharanda;Rob W Ness;Fraser Simpson

  • Multilocus Species Trees Show the Recent Adaptive Radiation of the Mimetic Heliconius Butterflies

    Krzysztof M Kozak;Niklas Wahlberg;Andrew Fe Neild;Kanchon K Dasmahapatra

  • Taxonomy: DNA barcodes: recent successes and future prospects.

    K K Dasmahapatra;J Mallet

  • Genome-wide patterns of divergence and gene flow across a butterfly radiation

    Nicola J. Nadeau;Simon H. Martin;Krzysztof M. Kozak;Camilo Salazar;Camilo Salazar;Camilo Salazar

  • The diversification of Heliconius butterflies: what have we learned in 150 years?

    Richard M. Merrill;Richard M. Merrill;Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;J. W. Davey;D. D. Dell'Aglio

  • Female behaviour drives expression and evolution of gustatory receptors in butterflies

    Adriana D. Briscoe;Aide Macias-Muñoz;Krzysztof M. Kozak;James R. Walters

  • Evolutionary Novelty in a Butterfly Wing Pattern through Enhancer Shuffling.

    Richard W. R. Wallbank;Richard W. R. Wallbank;Simon W. Baxter;Carolina Pardo-Diaz;Carolina Pardo-Diaz;Carolina Pardo-Diaz;Joseph J. Hanly;Joseph J. Hanly

  • Native or Exotic? Double or Single? Evaluating Plants for Pollinator-friendly Gardens

    Sarah A. Corbet;Jennie Bee;Kanchon Dasmahapatra;Stephan Gale

  • Mitochondrial DNA barcoding detects some species that are real, and some that are not

    Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;Marianne Elias;Ryan I. Hill;Joseph I. Hoffman

  • Major improvements to the Heliconius melpomene genome assembly used to confirm 10 chromosome fusion events in 6 million years of butterfly evolution

    John W. Davey;Mathieu Chouteau;Sarah L. Barker;Luana Maroja

  • Inferences from a rapidly moving hybrid zone.

    Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;Michael J. Blum;Annette Aiello;Stuart Hackwell;Stuart Hackwell

  • Supergene Evolution Triggered by the Introgression of a Chromosomal Inversion

    Paul Jay;Annabel Whibley;Lise Frézal;María Ángeles Rodríguez de Cara

  • Genome-wide introgression among distantly related Heliconius butterfly species.

    Wei Zhang;Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;James Mallet;Gilson R. P. Moreira

  • Lepbase: the Lepidopteran genome database

    Challi Rj;Kumar S;Dasmahapatra Kk;Jiggins Cd

  • Genomic architecture of adaptive color pattern divergence and convergence in Heliconius butterflies

    Megan A. Supple;Megan A. Supple;Heather M. Hines;Heather M. Hines;Kanchon Kumar Dasmahapatra;Kanchon Kumar Dasmahapatra;James J. Lewis

Frequent Co-Authors

James Mallet
James Mallet Harvard University
Chris D. Jiggins
Chris D. Jiggins University of Cambridge
Mathieu Joron
Mathieu Joron University of Montpellier
Camilo Salazar
Camilo Salazar Universidad del Rosario
Mark Blaxter
Mark Blaxter Wellcome Sanger Institute
W. Owen McMillan
W. Owen McMillan Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Marcus R. Kronforst
Marcus R. Kronforst University of Chicago
William Amos
William Amos University of Cambridge
Daniel E. Neafsey
Daniel E. Neafsey Broad Institute
Nick Patterson
Nick Patterson Harvard University

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