Biography

Mukesh Thakur completed his Bachelors degree in Biology (2004) & Masters degree in Biotechnology (2006) from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. For his post graduate thesis, he went through a diverse project on "Gene Cloning & their Expression in Eukaryotes with special emphasis on plants" at National Research Centre on DNA Fingerprinting, IARI Complex, New Delhi. He also received a Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication in 2005 with standing second in the merit from UP Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Allahabad. He joined Wildlife Institute of India as a Junior Research Fellow through the project entitled "Conservation of Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus) in India" on March 2007. Presently, He is continuing the RJF project to meet the specific goal which is to identify and to rectify the threats to pure RJF population in India using molecular genetics approach. He is registered for Ph.D in Biotechnology with Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra on topic "Molecular Genetic Diversity of Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus) in Northern India and its admixture with domestic chicken"

His broad area of interest includes molecular phylogeny, population genetics and Wildlife forensics. In future, He would like to put more emphasis on conserving the wild animals through conserving their germplasm & IVF and would like to establish the National Gene Bank facility in the institute for preserving the germ cells of endangered animals.

Area of Interest:

Molecular Sciences

100%

Biotechnology

62%

Phylogenetic

90%

Forensic Genetic

75%

Molecular Biology

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
1

Chapters
3

Articles
95

Abstracts
2

Selected Publications

Mukesh, V.P. Kumar, L.K. Sharma, M. Shukla and S. Sathyakumar, 2014. Pragmatic perspective on conservation genetics and demographic history of the last surviving population of Kashmir red deer (Cervus elaphus hanglu) in India. PLoS One, Vol. 10. 10.1371/journal.pone.0117069.
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Mukesh, L.K. Sharma, S.A. Charoo and S. Sathyakumar, 2014. Problem bear translocation: Genetics in reviewing the current translocation practices in the surroundings of Dachigam national park. PLoS ONE. .
Mukesh, B.D. Joshi, L.K. Sharma and S. Sathyakumar, 2014. Species identification and molecular sexing from feces of Kashmir stag (Cervus elaphus hanglu). Conserv. Genet. Resour., (In Press). .
Liu, X., X. Dan, T. Mukesh, R. Hassan, Y. Min, Y. Lian and S. Zhang, 2014. Association of genetic polymorphism in GST-Mu and GSTT1 genes with sperm quality in Chinese Holstein bulls. Livestock Sci., (In Press). .
Mukesh, S.K. Singh, M. Shukla, L.K. Sharma, N. Mohan, S.P. Goyal and S. Sathyakumar, 2013. Identification of galliformes through Forensically Informative Nucleotide Sequencing (FINS) and its implication in wildlife forensics. J. Forensic Res., Vol. 4. 10.4172/2157-7145.1000195.
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Mukesh, R. Javed, U. Gaur, H. Jianlin and S. Sathyakumar, 2013. Cross-species applicability of chicken microsatellite markers for investigation of genetic diversity in Indian duck (Anas platyrhynchos) populations. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 10: 17623-17631.
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Mukesh, M. Fernandes, J. Han and S. Sathyakumar, 2013. driven interventions for ex situ conservation of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus murghi) populations in India. Zoo Biol., 32: 476-483.
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Mukesh, L.K. Sharma, V.P. Kumar, S.A. Charoo, N. Mohan and S.P. Goyal and S. Sathyakumar, 2013. Loss of genetic diversity and inbreeding in Kashmir red deer (Cervus elaphus hanglu) of Dachigam National Park, Jammu & Kashmir, India. BMC Res. Notes, Vol. 6. 10.1186/1756-0500-6-326.
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Mukesh, L.K. Sharma, S.A. Charoo and S. Sathyakumar, 2013. An improved and reliable molecular sexing technique for Asiatic black bears, Ursus thibetanus. Conserv. Genet. Resour., 5: 1079-1082.
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Mukesh, T., I.D. Rai, R.P. Mandhan and S. Sathyakumar, 2011. A panel of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Himalayan monal Lophophorus impejanus developed by cross-species amplification and their applicability in other Galliformes. Eur. J. Wildlife Res., 10.1007/s10344-011-0494-1.
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Mukesh, R.S. Kalsi, R.P. Mandhan and S. Sathyakumar, 2011. Genetic diversity studies of red junglefowl across its distribution range in Northern India. Asian J. Biotechnol., 3: 293-301.
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Mukesh, M. Fernandes, R.P. Mandhan and S. Sathyakumar, 2011. Comparison of different parameters of invasive and non invasive sampling methods for microsatellite genotyping: A case study from Red Junglefowl and its application for other Galliformes. J. Res. Biol., 1: 38-43.
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Mukesh and S. Sathyakumar, 2011. Eighteen polymorphic microsatellites for domestic pigeon Columba livia var. domestica developed by cross species amplification of chicken markers. J. Genet., 90: e86-e89.
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Thakur, M. and R. Javed, 2010. Frozen zoos. Sci. Rep., 47: 44-48.
Javed, R. and Mukesh, 2010. Gene therapy: A challenge for world. Emerg. Sci., 2: 11-15.
Javed, R. and Mukesh, 2010. Current research status, databases and application of single nucleotide polymorphism. Pak. J. Biol. Sci., 13: 657-663.
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Fernandes, M., Mukesh, S. Sathyakumar, R. Kaul, R.S. Kalsi and D. Sharma, 2009. Conservation of red junglefowl Gallus gallus in India. Int. J. Galliformes Conserv., 1: 94-101.
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