Anjali Gupta


Anjali Gupta
  • Doctoral candidate

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Biography

Faculty Mentor: Robert Unckless

Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics, Evolutionary ecology, Sexual selection

Hometown: Rewari, Haryana (India)

Education

B.S. in Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Mohali, 2022, Mohali, India
M.S. in Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Mohali, 2022, Mohali, India

Selected Publications

  • Smith, B. R., Patch, K. B., Gupta, A., Knoles, E. M., & Unckless, R. L. (2023). The genetic basis of variation in immune defense against Lysinibacillus fusiformis infection in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS pathogens, 19(8), e1010934
  • Mullinax, S. R., Darby, A. M., Gupta, A., Chan, P., Smith, B., & Unckless, R. (2023). A suite of selective pressures supports the maintenance of alleles of a Drosophila immune peptide. bioRxiv, 2023-08. In review 
  • Gupta, A., Svensson, E.I., Frietsch, H. and Tsuboi, M., 2022. Convergence and divergence of the adaptive landscape in two ecologically similar and sympatric damselfly species. bioRxiv. In review.
  • Gupta, A., 2022. Natural and sexual selection on morphology and chemical cues in insects (Masters dissertation, IISER Mohali).

     

Selected Presentations

Gupta, A., Unckless, R.L. Does autosomal suppression of meiotic drive prevent cycling of sex chromosomes? Evolution 2023. Albuquerque, NM. June 2023. 

Gupta, A., Svensson, E.I., Frietsch, H. and Tsuboi, M., 2022. Natural and sexual selection on the morphology Ischnura elegans and Enallagma cyathigerum. IISER, Mohali, April 2022. Poster presentation.



Gupta, A., Prasad, N.G.. Evolution of metabolic pathways in response to selection for larval crowding in populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Indian Society of Evolutionary Biologists (ISEB) conference. Jawaharlal Nehru Institute for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore. October 2019. Poster presentation.

Awards & Honors

  • Gupta, A. R.C. Lewontin Early Award. Society for the Study of Evolution. $2500. 2023.
  • Gupta, A. EEB Entomology Endowment Summer Support Fellowship. The University of Kansas. $3500. 05/23-07/23.