Let $n$ be a large positive integer and $c \ge 0$ and define $I(n,c) := \int_0^1(u-u^2)^{n/2}e^{-cu^2}du$.
Question. How to rewrite (or upper-bound) $I(n,c)$ in terms of special functions (gamma, beta, ratios thereof, etc.) ?
For example, one always has
$$ \begin{split} I(n,c) &\le I(n,0) = \int_0^1(u-u^2)^{n/2}du = \frac{\Gamma(n/2+1)^2}{\Gamma(n + 2)}. \end{split} $$
The issue with this bound is that it doesn't take advantage of $c$ (i.e I'd expect to get a better bound for large $c$).
I might be a little off at the end with the constants.
Substitute $ u = w - \tfrac12 $: \begin{align} I &= \int_{-1/2}^{1/2} (\tfrac14-w^2)^{n/2} e^{-c w^2 + c w - c/4} \, dw \\&= \frac{e^{-c/4}}{2^n}\int_{-1/2}^{1/2} (1-4w^2)^{n/2} e^{-c w^2 + cw } \, dw .\end{align} Substitute $ w = \tfrac v{\sqrt n} $, and use $1-x \le e^{-x}$: \begin{align} I &= \frac{e^{-c/4}\sqrt n}{2^n}\int_{-\sqrt n/2}^{\sqrt n/2} (1-4\tfrac{v^2}{n})^{n/2} e^{-c v^2/n + c v/\sqrt n} \, dv \\&\le \frac{e^{-c/4}\sqrt n }{2^n}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} e^{-2v^2-c v^2/n + c v/\sqrt n} \, dv \end{align} Now completing the square, we get \begin{align} -2v^2-\frac{c v^2}n + \frac{c v}{\sqrt n} &= -(2+\tfrac cn) v^2 + \tfrac c{\sqrt n} v \\&= -(2+\tfrac cn) (v - \tfrac c{2\sqrt n}(2+\tfrac cn)^{-1}) ^2 + \tfrac{c^2} {4n} (2+\tfrac cn)^{-1} \end{align} So $$ I \le J := \frac{e^{-c/4}2\sqrt{\pi n}}{2^n} \exp\left(\tfrac{c^2} {4n} (2+\tfrac cn)^{-1}\right) \frac1{\sqrt{2+\tfrac cn}}$$ Notice that as $n \to \infty$, and using Stirling's forumla $$ J \sim e^{-c/4} \frac{\Gamma(\frac n2+1)^2}{\Gamma(n+2)}, $$ so this asymptotically gives an extra $e^{-c/4}$. This is to be expected, because when you compute the integral, almost all of the mass of the integrand will be concentrated around $u = \frac12$.