Research Interests

Habitat fragmentation is the primary cause of the present extinction crisis in tropics. Our group is interested in understanding its impact on the survival of many endangered species in human-dominated landscapes by studying behaviour, demography, reproductive and stress physiology, and genomics. Our group is also interested in developing various biotechnological tools in biodiversity conservation including eDNA tools in the aquatic ecosystem for studying ecosystem services.

Selected Publications

Shivakumara Manu, Govindhaswamy Umapathy, 2024. Deep sequencing of extracellular eDNA enables total biodiversity assessment of ecosystems, Ecological Indicators, 156, 2024,111171, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind

Kuderna LFK, Umapathy G, et al. 2023. A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species. Science. 2023; 380:906-913.

Hong Gao, Umapathy, G. et al. 2023. The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans and primates. Science, 380, eabn8153. DOI: 10.1126/science.abn8197.

Kuderna LFK, Umapathy G, et al. 2024. Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes. Nature. 2024 ;625:735-742. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06798-8.

Kumar, V. Manu, S.; Caroline, K. Sekhar, A. Mamta, S.K. Sandeep, M., Wasmimuddin Senthilkumaran, B. Umapathy, G. 2022. Discovery of 16-Androstenes (Androstenone and Androstenol), Their Synthesis Pathway, and Possible Role in Reproduction of Mouse Deer (Moschiola indica). Cells 2022, 11, 3837. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11233837