Brief Profile
Dr. M. Nagarajan received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Environmental Biotechnology from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. Following his doctoral studies, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, India, and later at the Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire de la Cellule, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France. Before joining the Central University of Kerala in 2012, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Alwarkurichi, Tamil Nadu. He serves on the editorial boards of Scientific Reports, PLOS ONE, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, and Frontiers in Genetics, and has published over 40 research articles in leading international journals, including PLOS Genetics and Molecular Ecology. His current research focuses on population genetics, conservation genetics, functional genomics, and microbiome studies of wild and domestic animals.
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Recent and Major Publications
- Muniyandi Nagarajan, Ranganathan Kamalakkannan, Vandana R Prabhu, Karippadakam Bhavana, Achamveetil Gopalakrishnan, Subhash Thomas, Aryasree Chaithanya Suresh, Abhirami Puzhakkal, Gudikandula Meghana, Anaswara Suseela Ramankutty, Mohammed S Mustak (2024). "Mitochondrial genome of the Indian spot-billed duck and its phylogenetic and conservation implications". Scientific Reports, 14:24572
- Karippadakam Bhavana, Dustin J Foote, Krishnamoorthy Srikanth, Christopher N Balakrishnan, Vandana R Prabhu, Shanmugam Sankaralingam, Hijam Surachandra Singha, Achamveetil Gopalakrishnan, Muniyandi Nagarajan (2022). "Comparative transcriptome analysis of Indian domestic duck reveals candidate genes associated with egg production". Scientific Reports, 12, 1-11
- Koodali Nimisha, Krishnamoorthy Srikanth, Dinesh Velayutham, Dharam Nandan, Shanmugam Sankaralingam, Muniyandi Nagarajan (2022). "Comparative liver transcriptome analysis of duck reveals potential genes associated with egg production". Molecular Biology Reports, 49, 5963–5972
- Subhash Thomas, Hijam Surachandra Singha, Ranganathan Kamalakkannan, Sarah Gaughan, Karippadakam Bhavana, Muniyandi Nagarajan (2021). "Analysis of the mitochondrial genome of the Indian darter, Anhinga melanogaster, suggests a species status taxonomic rank". Molecular Biology Reports, 48,7343-7350
- Ranganathan Kamalakkannan, Satish Kumar, Karippadakam Bhavana, Vandana R Prabhu, Carolina Barros Machado, Hijam Surachandra Singha, Dhandapani Sureshgopi, Vincy Vijay, Muniyandi Nagarajan (2021). "Evidence for independent domestication of sheep mtDNA lineage A in India and introduction of lineage B through Arabian sea route". Scientific Reports, 11
- Ranganathan Kamalakkannan, Karippadakam Bhavana, Vandana R Prabhu, Dhandapani Sureshgopi, Hijam Surachandra Singha, Muniyandi Nagarajan (2020). "The complete mitochondrial genome of Indian gaur, Bos gaurus and its phylogenetic implications". Scientific Reports, 10
- Vandana R Prabhu, Hijam Surachandra Singha, Rahul G Kumar, Achamveetil Gopalakrishnan, Muniyandi Nagarajan (2020). "Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Barilius malabaricus and its phylogenetic implications". Genomics, 112
- Vandana R Prabhu, Ranganathan Kamalakkannan, Moolamkudy Suresh Arjun, Muniyandi Nagarajan (2020). "Consequences of domestication on gut microbiome: a comparative study between wild gaur and domestic mithun". Frontiers in microbiology, 11:133
- Vandana R Prabhu, Moolamkudy Suresh Arjun, Karippadakam Bhavana, Ranganathan Kamalakkannan, Muniyandi Nagarajan (2019). "Complete mitochondrial genome of Indian mithun, Bos frontalis and its phylogenetic implications". Molecular Biology Reports, 46: 2561-2566
- Ranganathan Kamalakkannan, Jesna Jose, Subhash Thomas, Vandana R Prabhu, Muniyandi Nagarajan (2018). "Genetic diversity and maternal lineages of south Indian goats". Molecular Biology Reports, 45:2741-2748
- Paramasivam Kameshpandian, Subhash Thomas, Muniyandi Nagarajan (2018). "Genetic diversity and relationship of Indian Muscovy duck populations". Mitochondrial DNA Part A, 29:165-169
- Fabien Filleton, Florent Chuffart, Muniyandi Nagarajan, Hélène Bottin-Duplus, Gaël Yvert (2015). "The complex pattern of epigenomic variation between natural yeast strains at single-nucleosome resolution". Epigenetics & Chromatin, 8:1-24
- Muniyandi Nagarajan, Koodali Nimisha, Satish Kumar (2015). "Mitochondrial DNA Variability of Domestic River Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Populations: Genetic Evidence for Domestication of River Buffalo in Indian Subcontinent". Genome biology and Evolution, 7:1252-1259
Research Projects Undertaken
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| Identification of miRNAs associated with egg production in duck | - | 2022 | 2022 | SERB |
| Transcriptome analysis and identification of genes associated with egg production in duck | - | 2021 | 2022 | DBT |
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