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Nipam H. Patel is affiliated with the Marine Biological Laboratory in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, genetics, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and ecology.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics related to neurobiology and insect physiology research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, Lepidoptera biology and taxonomy, animal behavior and reproduction, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and hemiptera insect studies.

Among recent publications are:

  • Knockout of crustacean leg patterning genes suggests that insect wings and body walls evolved from ancient leg segments, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Structural color in Junonia butterflies evolves by tuning scale lamina thickness, 2020, eLife
  • The crustacean model Parhyale hawaiensis, 2022, Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • Ultrabithorax Is a Micromanager of Hindwing Identity in Butterflies and Moths, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Developmental, cellular, and biochemical basis of transparency in clearwing butterflies, 2021, Journal of Experimental Biology

Frequent coauthors in their research include Heather S. Bruce, Aaron Pomerantz, Charline Pinna, Doris Gomez, and Marianne Élias.

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Preprints.org, Journal of Experimental Biology, Molecular Biology and Evolution, and Development.

Best Publications

  • Expression of engrailed proteins in arthropods, annelids, and chordates

    Nipam H. Patel;Enrique Martin-Blanco;Kevin G. Coleman;Stephen J. Poole

  • IMAGING NEURONAL SUBSETS AND OTHER CELL TYPES IN WHOLE-MOUNT DROSOPHILA EMBRYOS AND LARVAE USING ANTIBODY PROBES

    Nipam H. Patel

  • Characterization and cloning of fasciclin III: A glycoprotein expressed on a subset of neurons and axon pathways in Drosophila

    Nipam H. Patel;Peter M. Snow;Corey S. Goodman

  • Dynamics of Drosophila embryonic patterning network perturbed in space and time using microfluidics

    Elena M. Lucchetta;Ji Hwan Lee;Lydia A. Fu;Nipam H. Patel

  • Fasciclin IV: Sequence, expression, and function during growth cone guidance in the grasshopper embryo

    Alex L. Kolodkin;David J. Matthes;Timothy P. O'Connor;Nipam H. Patel

  • repo encodes a glial-specific homeo domain protein required in the Drosophila nervous system.

    Wen Cheng Xiong;Hideyuki Okano;Nipam H. Patel;Julie A. Blendy

  • Drosophila neuroglian: A member of the immunoglobulin superfamily with extensive homology to the vertebrate neural adhesion molecule L1

    Allan J. Bieber;Peter M. Snow;Michael Hortsch;Nipam H. Patel

  • Crustacean appendage evolution associated with changes in Hox gene expression

    Michalis Averof;Nipam H. Patel

  • Expression of engrailed during segmentation in grasshopper and crayfish

    N.H. Patel;T.B. Kornberg;C.S. Goodman

  • Functional analysis of eve stripe 2 enhancer evolution in Drosophila: rules governing conservation and change

    Michael Z. Ludwig;Nipam H. Patel;Martin Kreitman

  • Short, Long, and Beyond: Molecular and Embryological Approaches to Insect Segmentation

    Gregory K Davis;Nipam H Patel

  • Drosophila microRNAs exhibit diverse spatial expression patterns during embryonic development

    A. Aziz Aboobaker;Pavel Tomancak;Nipam Patel;Gerald M. Rubin

  • The role of segment polarity genes during Drosophila neurogenesis.

    N H Patel;B Schafer;C S Goodman;R Holmgren

  • Pair-rule expression patterns of even-skipped are found in both short- and long-germ beetles.

    Nipam H. Patel;Barry G. Condron;Kai Zinn

  • Nodal signalling is involved in left-right asymmetry in snails.

    Cristina Grande;Nipam H. Patel

  • Evolution of coloration patterns.

    Meredith E. Protas;Nipam H. Patel

  • Changing role of even-skipped during the evolution of insect pattern formation

    Nipam H. Patel;Nipam H. Patel;Eldon E. Ball;Corey S. Goodman

  • Developmental evolution: insights from studies of insect segmentation

    Nipam H. Patel

  • Homology and developmental genes

    Ehab Abouheif;Michael Akam;William J. Dickinson;Peter W.H. Holland

  • Differential splicing generates a nervous system—Specific form of drosophila neuroglian

    Michael Hortsch;Allan J. Bieber;Nipam H. Patel;Corey S. Goodman

Frequent Co-Authors

Corey S. Goodman
Corey S. Goodman University of California, Berkeley
Todd H. Oakley
Todd H. Oakley University of California, Santa Barbara
Kai Zinn
Kai Zinn California Institute of Technology
Keith A. Crandall
Keith A. Crandall George Washington University
Martin Kreitman
Martin Kreitman University of Chicago
Susan J. Brown
Susan J. Brown Kansas State University
Michael Akam
Michael Akam University of Cambridge
Chris T. Amemiya
Chris T. Amemiya University of California, Merced
Michael B. Eisen
Michael B. Eisen University of California, Berkeley
Andrew M. Minor
Andrew M. Minor University of California, Berkeley

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