List of Publications in Peer
Reviewed Journal
1. Ramniwas S* and Kajla B. (2012). Divergent strategy for adaptation to drought stress in two sibling species of montium species subgroup: Drosophila kikkawai and Drosophila leontia. Journal of Insect Physiology (Accepted) Impact factor: 2.24
2. Parkash R, Ramniwas S*, Kajla B. and Agarwal D.D. (2012). Divergence of desiccation-related traits in two Drosophila species of takahashii subgroup from western Himalayas. Journal of Experimental Biology Impact factor: 3.04
3. Parkash R, Ramniwas S*, and Kajla B. (2012). Genetic analysis of body color phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster: supporting evidence through laboratory selected dark and light strains. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 90: 564-576. Impact factor: 1.12
4. Parkash R, Ramniwas S*, Lambhod C and Kajla B. (2011). Adaptive divergence of body melanisation plasticity among generalist, cold and warm adapted Drosophila species. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 54 (10):1155- 1164. Impact factor: 0.90.
5. Parkash R, Singh S and Ramniwas S. (2009). Seasonal changes in humidity level in the tropics impact body color polymorphism and desiccation resistance in Drosophila jambulina – Evidence for melanism-desiccation hypothesis. Journal of Insect Physiology. 55: 358-368. Impact Factor: 2.30
6. Parkash R, Rajpurohit S, Singh S and Ramniwas S. (2009). Climate change, boundary increase and elongation of a pre existing cline: a case study in Drosophila ananassae Entomological research, Japan 38: 310 – 317. Impact Factor: 1.51.
7. Singh S, S. Ramniwas and Parkash R (2009). Fitness consequences of body melanisation in Drosophila immigrans from montane habitats. Entomological research, Japan 39: 182 – 191. Impact Factor: 1.51.
8. Rajpurohit S, Parkash R, Ramniwas S. (2008) Climatic changes and shifting species boundaries of Drosophilids in the Western Himalaya. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 51 (3): 328-35. Impact factor: 0.90.
9. Parkash R, Rajpurohit S, Ramniwas S. (2008) Impact of darker, intermediate and lighter phenotypes of body melanisation on desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Science, USA 8:97-103 Impact Factor: 1.07
10. Rajpurohit S, Parkash R, Ramniwas S. (2008) Body melanisation and its adaptive role in thermoregulation and tolerance against desiccating conditions in drosophilids. Entomological research, Japan 38: 49 – 60, ( Invited review article) Impact Factor: 1.51
11. Parkash R, S. Ramniwas, S. Rajpurohit & Sharma V. (2008) Variations in body melanisation impact desiccation resistance in Drosophila immigrans in Western Himalayas. Journal of Zoology, Blackwell publishers, U.K, 276:219-227. Impact Factor: 1.79
12. Parkash R, Rajpurohit S, Ramniwas S. (2008) Changes in body melanisation and desiccation resistance in highland vs. lowland populations of D. melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology, Elsevier publishers, U.K. 54(6):1050-56. Impact Factor: 2.34
13. Parkash R, Rajpurohit S, Ramniwas S Singh S. (2008) Variation in body melanisation, ovariole number and fecundity in highland and lowland populations of Drosophila melanogaster from Indian subcontinent. Insect Science, Blackwell publication.15:477-485 Impact Factor: 1.12
14 Rajpurohit S, Parkash R, Ramniwas S, Nedved O.& Singh S.(2007) Parallel trend in pigmentation and desiccation tolerance: altitudinal and latitudinal effects in Drosophila melanogaster. Drosophila Information