
PUBLICATIONS
Potdar, S., Kasmaii, K., Powell, C., Westerman, E. L (2026) Neurotranscriptomic signatures of natural variation in mate preference learning in two subspecies of Heliconius melpomene butterflies. BioRxiv: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.15.706038v1
Potdar, S., Steven, J. C., Westerman, E. L (2025) The role of epigenetics and non-genetic inheritance in plant-pollinator interactions: A perspective. Integrative and Comparative Biology: https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaf109
Sprayberry, J. D. H., Ashman, T., Crall, J., Hranitz, J., Jankauski, M., Lihoreau, M., Potdar, S., Rafferty, N. E., Rittschof, C. C., Smith, M. A., Valdes, I., Westerman, E. L (2025) Plant-pollinator interactions in the Anthropocene: Why we need a systems approach. Integrative and Comparative Biology: https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaf062
Gharpure, G., Chanam, J., Lamsal, D., Ranganathan, Y., Potdar, S., Rai, S., Saikia, A., Rai, A., Lepcha, D., Subba, D., Lepcha, D.T., Talukdar, H., Vedamurthy, J., Rai, M., Bhutia, O., Rai, S., Chettri, S., Sankaran, M., Olsson, S.B (2025) Consistency in floral volatiles impacts plant-pollinator interactions in the face of environmental change in the Eastern Himalayas. BioRxiv: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.26.640254v1
Potdar, S., Dinakar, M., Westerman, E. L (2024) Behavioural changes in aposematic Heliconius melpomene butterfly in response to their predatory bird calls. Behavioural Processes (220): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2024.105071
Potdar, S., Westerman, E. L (2021) Digest: Recurrence of sexually dimorphic neurological structure in neotropical butterflies. Evolution (75-12). pp 3221-23: https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14401
Zhang, Y., Teng, D., Lu, W., Liu, M., Zeng, H., Cao, L., Southcott, L., Potdar, S., Westerman, E., Zhu, A, J., Zhang, W (2021) A widely diverged locus involved in locomotor adaptation in Heliconius butterflies. Science Advances (7): eabh2340 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abh2340
Seshadri, K,S., Krishna, M,B., Balakrishna, S., Kumar, S,M., Prabhakar, B,S., Nitin, R., Kishan, S,B., Vinay, K,S., Gautham, G,S., Narayan, V., Potdar, S., Daga, P., Kumar, P,T (2013) Ruining the ecology of Hesaraghatta lake- The role of bird photographers. Conservation India. http://www.conservationindia.org/wp-content/files_mf/small_Hesaraghatta-Photographers.pdf
