Publications

Research Papers :

In Press :- Belsare Prajakta, Watve Milind, Ghaskadbi Saroj, Bhat Dattatraya, Yajnik Chittaranjan, Jog Maithili Metabolic syndrome: aggression control mechanisms gone out of control. Medical Hypotheses (In Press).

  1. Dahanukar Neelesh and Watve Milind ( 2009 ) Group selection and reciprocity among kin. The Open Biology Journal 2, 66-79. [ Download PDF ]
  2. Dahanukar, N. & Watve, M.( 2009 ) Refinement of defection strategies stabilizes cooperation. Current Science, 96 (6): 801-810 [ Download PDF ]
  3. Mankar Manasee, Joshi RS, Belsare PV, Jog MM and Watve MG (2008) Obesity as a perceived social signal. PLoS one 3, e3187. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.00 [ Download PDF ]
  4. Watve M. G. and Mandani S. (2008) Why serum chemokine levels are raised in insulin resistance syndrome: an immune reversal hypothesis. Curr Sci 95, 171-174. [ Download PDF ]
  5. Watve, Milind, Parab Sweta, Jogdand Prajakta and Keni Sarita (2006) Aging may be a conditional strategic choice and not an inevitable outcome for bacteria. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, USA 103, 14831-14835.
    (news coverage by New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10154
    news coverage by The Economist http:\\www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=7963601 ) [ Download PDF ]
  6. Watve, Milind, Parab Sweta, Jogdand Prajakta and Keni Sarita (2006) Aging may be a conditional strategic choice and not an inevitable outcome for bacteria. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, USA 103, 14831-14835.
    (news coverage by New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10154
    news coverage by The Economist http:\\www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=7963601 ) [ Download PDF ]
  7. Watve M. G. (2005) The human pheromones androstenol and androstenone and the co-evolution of male-female mating strategies. Logical Biology 5, 81-84. [ Download PDF ]
  8. Jog M. M. and Watve M. G. (2005) Sarcocystosis of chital (Axis axis) and dhole (Cuon alpinus): conditions for evolutionary stability of a predator parasite mutualism. BMC Ecology 5, 3. [ Download PDF ]
  9. Maithili M. Jog , Rahul R. Marathe, Shantanu S. Goel, Sachin P. Ranade, Krushnamegh K. Kunte and Milind G. Watve (2005) Sarcocystosis of chital (Axis axis) and dhole (Cuon alpinus): ecology of a mammalian prey–predator-parasite system in Peninsular India. J. Tropical Ecol., 21, 479-482. [ Download PDF ]
  10. Jog M. M. and Watve M. G. (2005) Role of parasites and commensals in shaping host behavior. Curr. Sci., 89, 1184-1191. [ Download PDF ]
  11. Watve, M. G., Ashraf Kunhunu and Maithili Jog. Diseases and parasites of wild mammals. In: Mammals of South Asia Ed. A. J. T. Johnsingh, Permanent Black, New Delhi , in press.
  12. Watve Milind, Champhekar, K., Rao, N., Sarma, K., Shah, B and Mahajani, K., (2004) Sex versus non-sex versus cheaters. Curr. Sci., 87, 95-99. [ Download PDF ]
  13. Kale, Anagha U. and Watve Milind G. (2004) Social pressure and the co-existance of multiple strategies in a human-like mating system. Logical Biology 4, 50-59.
  14. Thakar, Juilee, Kunte, Krushnamegh, Chauhan Anisha, Watve Aparna and Watve Milind. (2003). Nectarless flowers: Ecological correlates and evolutionary stability. Oecologia. 136: 565-570.
  15. Jog, M., Marathe, Rahul., Goel, Shantanu., Ranade, Sachin., Kunte, Krishnamegh., Watve, Milind. (2003). Sarcocystis Infection in chital (Axis Axis) and dhole (cuon alpinus) in two Indian protected areas. Zoos' Print Journal. 18(10). 1220-1222.
  16. Watve, M., Saha, M., Bhide, V. and Jog, M. (2003) Taking care can be hazardous: Simulations show protecting a part of a population can increase disease incidence. Logical Biology 2003 (1): 4-15.
  17. Watve, M., Thakar, J., Kale, A., Puntambekar, S., Shaikh, I. , Vaze, K., Jog, M. and Paranjape, S. (2002) Bee-eaters (Merops orientalis) respond to what a predator can see. Animal Cognition 5, 253-259.
  18. Kale, A.U, Somedatta,C, Watve, M. G. (2002) Evolution of Mycobacterim leprae towards reduced virulence. Curr.Sci.83-9, 1078-1080.
  19. Marathe, R. R., Goel, S. S., Ranade, S., Jog, M. M. and Watve, M. G. (2002) Patterns in abundance and diversity of fecal parasites of    tiger in Tadoba National Park , central India . BMC Ecology 2 : 6. [ Download PDF ]
  20. Nagarkar, P. P., Rawetkar, S. D. and Watve M. G. (2002) The amino acid requirements of Corynebacterium diphtheriae PW8 substrain CN 2000. J Appl. Microbiol 92, 215-220.
  21. Watve, M. G., Tickoo, R., Jog, M. M. and Bhole, B. D. (2001) How many antibiotics are produced by the genus Streptomyces? Arch. Microbiol., 176, 386-390. [ Download PDF ]
  22. Nagarkar, P. P., Rawetkar, S. D. and Watve M. G. (2001) Oligophilic bacteria as tools to monitor aseptic pharmaceutical production units. Appl. Env. Microbiol, 67, 1371-1374.
  23. Watve M. G. et al (2000) The K selected oligophilic bacteria: a key to uncultured diversity ? Curr Sci, 78, 1535 - 1541.
  24. Kanitkar, D. R., Kanitkar, R. and Watve, M. G. (2000) Longivity of Azotobacter cysts in liquid formulations. Curr. Sci., 78, 719-722.
  25. Watve, M. G. et al (1999) Myxobacterial diversity of Indian soils-How many species do we have ? Curr. Sci., 77, 1089-1095.
  26. Smitha, B., Thakar, J. and Watve M. G. (1999) Do bee-eaters have theory of mind ? Curr. Sci., 76,574-577.
  27. Sathe, A. A., Hinge, D. V. and Watve, M. G. (1998) Incidence of diarrhoeic diseases in families using traditional and commercial water purification systems. In: Proc. Natl. Symp. Frontiers in Appl. Environ. Microbiol., (Ed. I. S. Bright Singh) SES, CUSAT, Cochin . pp 196-199.
  28. Watve, M. G. (1997) Microbial Diversity: a treasure unknown. In: Biodiversity of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra - current knowledge. Ed. A. P. Jagtap, WWF & BHCP, Pune, 92-94.
  29. Watve, M. G. and Champhekar, K. (1997) An interactive neo-darwinian algorithm for musical creativity. In: Proc. of Third Int. Conf. on Cognitive Systems, Eds. J. R. Issac, Ritu Dangwal and C. Chakraborty, Vol. II, 861-870.
  30. Watve, M. G. (1997) Parasite diversity and Bacterial diversity: a statistical perspective. Int. J. Ecol. and Env. Sci., 23,165-172.
  31. Watve, M. G. and R. Sukumar (1997) Asian elephants with longer tusks have lower parasite loads. Curr. Sci. 72, 885-889.
  32. Matapurkar, A. K. and Watve, M. G. (1997) Altruist cheater dynamics in Dictyostelium: aggregated distribution leads to stable oscillations. American Naturalist, 150, 790-797.
  33. Watve, M. G. and Gangal, R. M. (1996) Problems in measuring bacterial diversity and a possible solution. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62, 4299-4301.
  34. Watve, M. G. and Jog, M. M. (1997) Epidemic diseases and host clustering: an optimum cluster size ensures maximum survival. J.    Theor. Biol., 184, 165-169.
  35. Sathe, A. A., Hinge, D. V. and Watve, M. G. (1997) Water treatment and diarrhoeic diseases. The Lancet, 348, 335-336.
  36. Watve, M. G. and Sukumar, R. (1995) Parasite loads of mammals: correlates with host ecology. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 92, 8945-8949
  37. Watve, M. G. (1995) Helminth parasites of elephants: ecological aspects. In: A Week With Elephants: Proceedings of the International Seminar on Asian Elephants (Ed. J. C. Daniel and H. Datye), Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford Pp. 289-295.
  38. Watve, M. G., Palkar, A. S., Mehendale, S. S. and Deshpande, N. M. (1995) Cryptic genes: are directed mutations always beneficial ? Curr. Sci. 68, 1039-1043.
  39. Watve, M. G., Sant, N. R. and Joshi V. (1994) Why Bonelli's eagles hunt in pair: A relative assessment of individual and paired hunting successes. J. Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc. 91, 355-359.
  40. Gore, A. P., Paranjape, S. A., Geeta Rajgopalan, Kharshikar, A. V., Joshi, N. V., Watve M. G. and Gogate, M. G. (1993) Tiger census: Role of quantification. Curr. Sci. 64, 711-714.
  41. Watve M. G. (1993) Why man has no predator. Curr. Sci. 65, 120-122.
  42. Watve, M. G. (1992) Of Maize and Models. Curr. Sci. 62, 611-612
  43. Watve M.G., Paranjpe S.A. & Gore A.P. (1989) Tiger pug mark census - The role of zoos. Zoo's Print, 4, No. 10, 5- 7.
  44. Kshirsagar V. G., Diwanay, S. S. and Watve M. G. (1989) Production of antifungal substance by Bacillus licheniformis. Indian J. Microbiol. 29, 237-238.
  45. Watve M.G., Joshi, V., Sant, N.R. and Ranade S. (1989) Storage of food by Bonelli's eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus). J. Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc. 86, 446-447.
  46. Watve M.G. (1988) Preservation of bacterial colony morphology. MIRCEN Journal, 4, 495 - 496.

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