Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Key Research Interests
Research Background:
- Evolutionary Biologist with interests in the interplay between natural and sexual selection on the evolution of life-histories
- Sperm Biology: form and function
- Inbreeding Depression, Ageing
- Thermal Adaptation, Stress and Evolution
- Phenotypic and Developmental Plasticity
Key Responsibilities
Current Research:
- Role of Environmental stress in understanding adaptation/acclimation, sperm form and function (primary reproductive traits) and transgenerational epigenetics.
- Biology of Tribolium castaneum
Areas of Expertise
- Image Analysis
- Maintainenance of Experimentally Evolved lines
- Genetics of Tribolium
- Microscopy
- Basic Molecular Techniques
- Micro-dissections on insect specimen
- Geometrics and Morphometrics
Research Group or Lab Membership
- Associateion for the Study of Animal Behaviour
- European Society for the Study of Evolution
Academic Background
- Evolutionary Biology
- Molecular Biology, Human Genetics and Cell Biology
- Environmental Biotechnology
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Lincoln
Award Date: 1 Jan 2010
Master of Science, Sheffield Hallam University
Award Date: 1 Jan 2006
Bachelor of Science, Garden City College, India
Award Date: 1 Jan 2004
External positions
Commonwealth Rutherford Fellow, University of East Anglia
5 Mar 2018 → …
Teaching Fellow, EvolvingMinds
15 Sep 2017 → 18 Jan 2018
Keywords
- Science (General)
- Evolutionary Ecology
- Evolution & Adaptation
- Thermal Biology
- Sperm Biology
- Phenotypic plasticity
- Speciation
- Thermal Adaptation
- Inbreeding
- Mating Behaviour
- Microscopy
Network
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Experimental evidence for stronger impacts of larval but not adult rearing temperature on female fertility and lifespan in a seed beetle
Vasudeva, R., 11 Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Evolutionary Ecology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Age‐specific sensitivity of sperm length and testes size to developmental temperature in the bruchid beetle
Vasudeva, R., Deeming, D. C. & Eady, P. E., Aug 2021, In: Journal of Zoology. 314, 4, p. 285-295 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Facultative polyandry protects females from compromised male fertility caused by heatwave conditions
Vasudeva, R., Dickinson, M., Sutter, A., Powell, S., Sales, K. & Gage, M., Aug 2021, In: Animal Behaviour. 178, p. 37-48 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fertility and mortality impacts of thermal stress from experimental heatwaves on different life stages and their recovery in a model insect
Sales, K., Vasudeva, R. & Gage, M., 10 Mar 2021, In: Royal Society Open Science. 8, 3, 201717.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Polyandry provides reproductive and genetic benefits in colonising populations
Lewis, R., Pointer, M., Friend, L., Vasudeva, R., Bemrose, J., Sutter, A., Gage, M. & Spurgin, L., Oct 2020, In: Ecology and Evolution. 10, 19, p. 10851-10857 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus)13 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Data from: Experimental evolution reveals that sperm competition intensity selects for longer, more costly sperm
Godwin, J. (Creator), Vasudeva, R. (Creator), Michalczyk, L. (Creator), Martin, O. (Creator), Lumley, A. (Creator), Chapman, T. (Creator) & Gage, M. (Creator), Dryad data repository, 10 May 2017
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.22rh6
Dataset
Prizes
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Advancing our understanding of fundamental and applied responses by biodiversity to heatwave conditions using insect models
Vasudeva, Ramakrishnan (Recipient), 14 Jan 2018
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Taylor & Francis Commonwealth Scholar Best Journal Article Prize
Vasudeva, Ramakrishnan (Recipient), 29 Jun 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)