Sister Nibedita Government General Degree College for Girls

Sister Nibedita Government General Degree College for Girls

Affiliated to University of Calcutta

Basuli Moitra Zoology teacher of Sister Nibedita Government General Degree College for Girls

Dr. Basuli Maitra W.B.E.S

Qualification

M.Sc., Ph.D. (Head)

Contact Details :

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Zoology
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Field of Research :

Cytogenetics

Research project completed:

Title of the Project Funding Agency Amount sanctioned Duration
Assessment of environmental stress through study of Polytene Chromosomes of chiromid larvae in aquatic habitats. UGC Minor Project PSW-070/11-12 Rs-1,87,000 2 Years

Publications :

  • Estimation of the duration of meiosis and spermiogenesis in Varanas bengalensis (Abstract), IXth All India congress of Cytology and Genetics, Chandigarh (1996).
  • A study on the spermatogonial cell population of Varanus bengalensis (Abstract), IX th All India Congress of Cytology and Genetics, Chandigarh (1996).
  • A study on the chromosome polymorphism in larval salivary gland cells of Chironomus sp. (abstract), National Symposium pf Developmental Biology, Bhubaneshwar (1997).
  • Organization of polytene chromosome and related physiological activity in Chironomus sp. (Abstract), Ind. J. Physiol. & Allied Sci. 51 (4 Suppl.) : 11 (1997).
  • A study on the semineferous epithelium of the reptile, Varanus bengalensis, In Perspectives in Cytology and Genetics (Ed. G. K. Manna and S. Roy, Published by AICCG, Vol. 9 : 413-416 (1998).
  • Estimation of the duration of meiosis and spermiogenesis in lizard, Varanus bengalensis, in Perspectives in Cytology and Genetics (Ed. G. K. Manna and S. Roy, Published by AICCG, Vol. 9 : 423-428 (1998).
  • Morphological variation of the polytene chromosome in different cells of the salivary glands of Chironomus striatipennis. Trans. Zool. Soc. India, 2(2): 64 – 67 (1998).
  • A comparative treatise on he polytene chromosomes from larvae of natural habitats and laboratory culture, Trans. Zool. Soc. India, 2(2) : 30 – 32 (1998).
  • A technique for permanent squash preparation, Trans. Zool. Soc. India.
  • Behavior of sex chromosomes in pachytene spermatocytes of XXY individual, Proceedings of Xth AICCG, P. 86 (1999).
  • Fusion of the chromosome arms in Kiefferulus barbatitaris : a mode to the speciation in Chironomids. Proc. Of Xth AICCG, P. 87 – 88 (1999).
  • A study on the polytene chromosome formation of Chironomus striatipennis : Chironomus Newsletter of Chirinomid Research (1999) 12 : 17 (North Ireland).
  • Polytene chromosome features in Kiefferulus calligaster with a light on chromosome evolution in Chironomids, Proc. Of Xth AICCG, P.88 (1999).
  • Cytogenetic study of a human male with dicentric Y chromosome. Proc. Of Xth AICCG, P. 89 (1999).
  • Polytene chromosome organization elucidating evolution of the species of Chironomus. Proc. of the UGC sponsored Symposium on Current Trends in Zoological research, P. 4 – 6 (2007).
  • A study on the polytene chromosome polymorphism in Chironomus circumdatus. Proc. of the UGC sponsored Symposium on Current Trends in Zoological research, P. 7 – 9 (2007).
  • Cytological characterization of Kiefferulus calligaster through study of their polytene chromosome. Proc. of the National Symposium on Dimension of Animal Sciences (Researches and Human need), P. 36 (2009).
  • An assessment on the divergence of Chironomus stratipennis Kieffer from Chironomus thummi piger based on the study of their polytene chromosome features. Proc. of Golden Jubilee International Seminar Researches in Zoology (Basic & Applied). Page 13 (2010).
  • Cytologically distinguished Chironomus javanus deviates from Chironomus thummi piger through sequential rearrangements of chromosomal segments as revealed from the study of their polytene chromosomes. Proceedings of DST (Govt. of India) sponsored Sir J.C. Bose Memorial National Symposium on Modern Trends in Animal Science Research and Challenges of the day. 2011.