Upcoming works

  1. Mellya, R.V., Hopcraft, J.G.C., Mwakilema, W., Eblate, E.M., Mduma, S., Mnaya, B., Chuma, I., Macha, E.S., Wambura, D., Fyumagwa, R., Kilbride, E., Mable, B.K. and Khan, A., 2023. Natural dispersal is better than translocation for reducing risks of inbreeding depression in eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli). bioRxiv, pp.2023-06. (PNAS, in review)
  2. Khan, A., Carter, R., Mpamhanga, C., Masiga, D., Channumsin, M., Ciosi, M., Manangwa, O., Mramba, F., Ijaz, U., Auty, H. and Mable, B., 2024. Swatting flies: Biting insects as non-invasive samplers for mammalian population genomics. Authorea Preprints.(Molecular Ecology, revision in review)
  3. Tensen, L.*, Khan, A.*, Sarabia, C., Bishop, J., Camacho, G., Fischer, K. and Williams, K.S., 2024. Divergent selection drives body size evolution in leopards from the Cape of southern Africa. (PNAS, in review)

Evolution in small populations

  1. Khan, A.*, Sil, M.*, Thekaekara, T., Garg, K.M., Sinha, I., Khurana, R., Sukumar, R. and Ramakrishnan, U., 2024. Divergence and serial colonization shape genetic variation and define conservation units in Asian elephants. Current Biology doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.08.062

  2. Garcia-Erill, G., Wang, X., Rasmussen, M.S., Quinn, L., Khan, A., Bertola, L.D., Santander, C.G., Balboa, R.F., Ogutu, J.O., Pečnerová, P., Hanghøj, K., Kuja, J., Nursyifa, C., Masembe, C., Muwanika, V., Bibi, F., Moltke, I., Siegismund, H.R., Albrechtsen, A. and Heller, R., 2024. Extensive Population Structure Highlights an Apparent Paradox of Stasis in the Impala (Aepyceros melampus). Molecular Ecology doi: 10.1111/mec.17539

  3. Tensen, L., Emami-Khoyi, A., Khan, A., Camacho, G., Swanepoel, L. and Fischer, K., 2024. Mitogenomic Characterization of South African Leopards and the Effect of Past Climatic Events. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 2024(1), p.2174469.

  4. Khan, A., Patel, K., Shukla, H., Viswanathan, A., van der Valk, T., Borthakur, U., Nigam, P., Zachariah, A., Jhala, Y.V., Kardos, M. and Ramakrishnan, U., 2021. Genomic evidence for inbreeding depression and purging of deleterious genetic variation in Indian tigers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(49), p.e2023018118.

  5. Armstrong, E.E.*, Khan, A.*, Taylor, R.W., Gouy, A., Greenbaum, G., Thiéry, A., Kang, J.T., Redondo, S.A., Prost, S., Barsh, G. and Kaelin, C., Phalke, S., Chugani, A., Gilbert, M., Miquelle, D., Zachariah, A., Borthakur, U., Reddy, A., Louis, E., Ryder, O.A., Jhala, Y.V., Petrov, D., Excoffier, L., Hadly. E. and Ramakrishnan, U., 2021. Recent evolutionary history of tigers highlights contrasting roles of genetic drift and selection. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(6), pp.2366-2379.

Methods for wildlife genetics

  1. Shukla, H.*, Suryamohan, K.*, Khan, A.*, Mohan, K., Perumal, R.C., Mathew, O.K., Menon, R., Dixon, M.D., Muraleedharan, M., Kuriakose, B. and Michael, S., 2023. Near-chromosomal de novo assembly of Bengal tiger genome reveals genetic hallmarks of apex predation. GigaScience, 12, p.giac112.

  2. Tyagi, A., Khan, A., Thatte, P. and Ramakrishnan, U., 2022. Genome‐wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers from fecal samples reveal anthropogenic impacts on connectivity: Case of a small carnivore in the central Indian landscape. Animal Conservation, 25(5), pp.648-659.

  3. Khan, A., Krishna, S.M., Ramakrishnan, U. and Das, R., 2022. Recapitulating whole genome based population genetic structure for Indian wild tigers through an ancestry informative marker panel. Heredity, 128(2), pp.88-96.

  4. Khan, A., Patel, K., Bhattacharjee, S., Sharma, S., Chugani, A.N., Sivaraman, K., Hosawad, V., Sahu, Y.K., Reddy, G.V. and Ramakrishnan, U., 2020. Are shed hair genomes the most effective noninvasive resource for estimating relationships in the wild?. Ecology and Evolution, 10(11), pp.4583-4594.

Capacity building for translation of research

  1. Khan, A., 2023. The year of the tiger and the year of tiger genomes!. Molecular Ecology Resources, 23(2), pp.327-329.

  2. Khan, A., Yulianto, Y., Aninta, S.G. and Wirdateti, W., 2024. Reanalysis of sequences of alleged Javan tiger highlights the difficulties in studying big cats and the need for high throughput sequencing. Oryx (accepted)

  3. Khan, A. and Tyagi, A., 2021. Considerations for initiating a wildlife genomics research project in South and South-East Asia. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 101(2), pp.243-256.

    4. * Co-first authors