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Rama S. Singh

Rama S. Singh

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Genetics

D-Index
47
Citations
8424
World Ranking
4122
National Ranking
155

Overview

Rama S. Singh is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Medicine. Their research spans various subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Their work addresses several main topics such as Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and Animal Studies, Sex and Gender in Healthcare, Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics.

Recent publications by Rama S. Singh include the following:

  • Is menopause still evolving? Evidence from a longitudinal study of multiethnic populations and its relevance to women's health (2020), BMC Women s Health
  • Genes and genomes and unnecessary complexity in precision medicine (2020), npj Genomic Medicine
  • Decoding 'Unnecessary Complexity': A Law of Complexity and a Concept of Hidden Variation Behind "Missing Heritability" in Precision Medicine (2021), Journal of Molecular Evolution
  • Origin of Sex-Biased Mental Disorders: An Evolutionary Perspective (2021), Journal of Molecular Evolution
  • Origin of Sex-Biased Mental Disorders: Do Males and Females Experience Different Selective Regimes? (2022), Journal of Molecular Evolution

Frequent coauthors in their research include Alyssa Gomes, Santosh Jagadeeshan, Michelle Brown, Shirley Chan, and C. Michelle Brown.

Their publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Journal of Molecular Evolution
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • F1000Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Women s Health

Best Publications

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • Evolution in the Fast Lane: Rapidly Evolving Sex-Related Genes in Drosophila

    Wilfried Haerty;Santosh Jagadeeshan;Rob J. Kulathinal;Alex Wong

  • Genetic heterogeneity within electrophoretic "alleles" of xanthine dehydrogenase in Drosophila pseudoobscura.

    R. S. Singh;R. C. Lewontin;A. A. Felton

  • Mammalian Sperm Proteins Are Rapidly Evolving: Evidence of Positive Selection in Functionally Diverse Genes

    Dara G. Torgerson;Rob J. Kulathinal;Rama S. Singh

  • High divergence of reproductive tract proteins and their association with postzygotic reproductive isolation in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila virilis group species.

    Alberto Civetta;Rama S. Singh

  • Evolutionary genetics : from molecules to morphology

    R. S. Singh;Costas B. Krimbas

  • Sex-related genes, directional sexual selection, and speciation.

    A Civetta;R S Singh

  • A Comprehensive Study of Genic Variation in Natural Populations of Drosophila melanogaster. II. Estimates of Heterozygosity and Patterns of Geographic Differentiation

    Rama S. Singh;Lorenz R. Rhomberg

  • Chlorobenzoate catabolic transposon Tn5271 is a composite class I element with flanking class II insertion sequences.

    Cindy Nakatsu;James Ng;Rama Singh;Neil Straus

  • Gene Regulation Divergence Is a Major Contributor to the Evolution of Dobzhansky–Muller Incompatibilities between Species of Drosophila

    Wilfried Haerty;Rama S. Singh

  • A time-sequence functional analysis of mating behaviour and genital coupling in Drosophila: role of cryptic female choice and male sex-drive in the evolution of male genitalia.

    S. Jagadeeshan;R. S. Singh

  • Genetic Differentiation between Geographically Distant Populations of DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER.

    Rama S. Singh;Donal A. Hickey;Jean David

  • Sex gene pool evolution and speciation: a new paradigm.

    Rama S. Singh;Rob J. Kulathinal

  • The Study of Genic Variation by Electrophoretic and Heat Denaturation Techniques at the Octanol Dehydrogenase Locus in Members of the DROSOPHILA VIRILIS Group

    R. S. Singh;J. L. Hubby;L. H. Throckmorton

  • A Comprehensive Study of Genic Variation in Natural Populations of Drosophila Melanogaster. IV. Mitochondrial DNA Variation and the Role of History Vs. Selection in the Genetic Structure of Geographic Populations

    Lawrence R. Hale;Rama S. Singh

  • High level of divergence of male-reproductive-tract proteins, between Drosophila melanogaster and its sibling species, D. simulans.

    M B Coulthart;R S Singh

  • The evolution of population biology

    Rama S. Singh;Marcy K. Uyenoyama

  • Extensive variation and heteroplasmy in size of mitochondrial DNA among geographic populations of Drosophila melanogaster.

    Lawrence R. Hale;Rama S. Singh

  • Molecules versus morphology: the detection of selection acting on morphological characters along a cline in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Anthony Douglas Long;Anthony Douglas Long;Rama S Singh

  • Molecular Heterosis for Heat-Sensitive Enzyme Alleles

    R. S. Singh;J. L. Hubby;R. C. Lewontin

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony D. Long
Anthony D. Long University of California, Irvine
Jean R. David
Jean R. David Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Gary H. Karpen
Gary H. Karpen University of California, Berkeley
Sam Griffiths-Jones
Sam Griffiths-Jones University of Manchester
Alexander Stark
Alexander Stark Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Ruiqiang Li
Ruiqiang Li Novogene (China)
Gane Ka-Shu Wong
Gane Ka-Shu Wong University of Alberta
Mariana F. Wolfner
Mariana F. Wolfner Cornell University
Michael B. Eisen
Michael B. Eisen University of California, Berkeley

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