Publications

PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

10. DeLacey, P. M., Sen, S., Schneider‐Crease, I. A., Chiou, K. L., Lemma, A., Ayele, F., … & Snyder‐Mackler, N. (2023). Vascularization underlies differences in sexually selected skin coloration in a wild primate. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17026

9. Sen, S., Carrera, S. C., Heistermann, M., Potter, C. B., Baniel, A., DeLacey, P. M., Pertullo, L., Lu, A., & Beehner, J. C. (2022). Social correlates of androgen levels and dispersal age in juvenile male geladas. Hormones and Behavior, 146, 105264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105264

8. Chiou, K. L., Janiak, M. C., Schneider-Crease, I. A., Sen, S., Ayele, F., Chuma, I. S., … & Snyder-Mackler, N. (2022). Genomic signatures of high-altitude adaptation and chromosomal polymorphism in geladas. Nature ecology & evolution, 6(5), 630-643. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01703-4

7. DeLacey, P.M., Perlman, R.F., Sen, S., Schneider-Crease, I., Chiou, K.L., Lemma, A., Ayele, F., Higham, J.P., Lu, A., Snyder-Mackler, N., Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J. Assessing male gelada chest patches: color measurement and physiological mechanisms. Journal of Mammalian Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-021-00211-5

6. Carrera, S. C., Sen, S., Heistermann, M., Lu, A., & Beehner, J. C. Low rank and primiparity increase fecal glucocorticoid metabolites across gestation in wild geladas. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 293, 113494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113494

Contributions as an undergraduate

5. Shenoi, V. N., Banerjee, S. M., Guruswamy, B., Sen, S., Ali, S. Z., & Prasad, N. G. (2016). Drosophila melanogaster males evolve increased courtship as a correlated response to larval crowding. Animal Behaviour, 120, 183-193.(2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.08.004

4. Das, S., Dutta, S., Sen, S., Babu, S., Kumara, H. N., & Singh, M. (2014). Identifying regions for conservation of sloth bears through occupancy modelling in north-eastern Karnataka, India. Ursus, 111-120. (2014)

3. Nandy, B., Gupta, V., Udaykumar, N., Samant, M. A., Sen, S., Prasad, N. G. Experimental evolution of female traits under different levels of intersexual conflict in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution, 68: 412–425 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12271

2. Nandy, B., Vanika, G., Sen, S., Udaykumar, N., Samant, M., Ali S.Z., Prasad, N.G. Evolution of mate-harm, longevity and behaviour in male fruit flies subjected to different levels of interlocus conflict. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13:212 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-212

1. Nandy, B., Abhilasha J., Zeeshan, S.A., Sen, S., Prasad, N.G. Degree of adaptive male mate choice is positively correlated with female quality variance, Scientific Reports, 2, 447 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00447

PUBLISHED CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

1. Paloma Contreras, Sharmi Sen, Teera Losch, Jacinta C. Beehner. Analytical validation of an enzyme immunoassay protocol to quantify hair cortisol concentrations in human hair. At the Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Denver, USA (2022)

2. Sharmi Sen, Amy Lu, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Thore J. Bergman, Jacinta C. Beehner. Presence of former leader males improves infant survival in geladas. At the Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Denver, USA (2022)

3. Sharmi Sen, Caitlin Barale, Amy Lu, Jacinta Beehner. Testosterone as a predictor of dispersal strategies in male Theropithecus gelada in the wild.  At the Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists, New Orleans, USA (2017)