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Benjamin P. Oldroyd

Benjamin P. Oldroyd

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Ecology and Evolution

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69
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17159
World Ranking
1447
National Ranking
122

Overview

Benjamin P. Oldroyd is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research focuses notably on genetics, insect science, and evolutionary ecology, with significant work in molecular biology and plant science.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction

Benjamin P. Oldroyd has coauthored frequently with:

  • Gabriele Buchmann
  • Boris Yagound
  • Emily J. Remnant
  • Rosalyn Gloag
  • Carlos Antônio Mendes Cardoso-Júnior

The main publication venues for their work include:

  • Apidologie
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Benjamin P. Oldroyd cover topics in epigenetics, DNA methylation, and social insect evolution. Notable publications include:

  • The role of epigenetics, particularly DNA methylation, in the evolution of caste in insect societies, 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • How does epigenetics influence the course of evolution?, 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Intergenerational transfer of DNA methylation marks in the honey bee, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A Single Gene Causes Thelytokous Parthenogenesis, the Defining Feature of the Cape Honeybee Apis mellifera capensis, 2020, Current Biology
  • DNA methylation is not a driver of gene expression reprogramming in young honey bee workers, 2021, Molecular Ecology

Benjamin P. Oldroyd's research encompasses genetics and epigenetics mechanisms particularly associated with insect social behavior and development. Their studies on DNA methylation address its role in gene regulation and evolutionary processes within honey bees and insect societies more broadly.

Best Publications

  • What's killing American honey bees?

    Benjamin P Oldroyd

  • Ancestral Monogamy Shows Kin Selection Is Key to the Evolution of Eusociality

    William O. H. Hughes;Benjamin P. Oldroyd;Madeleine Beekman;Francis L. W. Ratnieks

  • Honey bee nest thermoregulation: diversity promotes stability

    Julia C. Jones;Mary R. Myerscough;Sonia Graham;Benjamin P. Oldroyd

  • Genetic diversity of the honeybee in Africa: microsatellite and mitochondrial data.

    P Franck;L Garnery;A Loiseau;B P Oldroyd

  • Asian Honey Bees: Biology, Conservation, and Human Interactions

    Benjamin P Oldroyd;Siriwat Wongsiri

  • Nest thermoregulation in social insects

    Julia C. Jones;Benjamin P. Oldroyd

  • Genetic diversity promotes homeostasis in insect colonies

    Benjamin P. Oldroyd;Jennifer H. Fewell

  • Coevolution while you wait: Varroa jacobsoni, a new parasite of western honeybees

    Benjamin P. Oldroyd

  • Nature versus nurture in social insect caste differentiation.

    Tanja Schwander;Nathan Lo;Madeleine Beekman;Benjamin P. Oldroyd

  • Evolution of multiple mating in the genus Apis

    Kellie A. Palmer;Benjamin P. Oldroyd

  • The effects of rearing temperature on developmental stability and learning and memory in the honey bee, Apis mellifera.

    Julia C. Jones;Paul Helliwell;Madeleine Beekman;Ryszard Maleszka

  • Seven suggestive quantitative trait loci influence hygienic behavior of honey bees

    Keryn L. Lapidge;Benjamin P. Oldroyd;Marla Spivak

  • Worker reproduction in honey-bees (Apis) and the anarchic syndrome: a review.

    Andrew B. Barron;Benjamin P. Oldroyd;Francis L. W. Ratnieks

  • How does epigenetics influence the course of evolution

    Alyson Ashe;Vincent Colot;Benjamin P Oldroyd

  • A molecular phylogeny of the genus Apis suggests that the Giant Honey Bee of the Philippines, A. breviligula Maa, and the Plains Honey Bee of southern India, A. indica Fabricius, are valid species.

    Nathan Lo;Rosalyn S. Gloag;Denis L. Anderson;Benjamin P. Oldroyd

  • Mitochondrial DNA variation in Moroccan and Spanish honey bee populations

    L. Garnery;E. H. Mosshine;B. P. Oldroyd;B. P. Oldroyd;J. M. Cornuet;J. M. Cornuet

  • Six quantitative trait loci influence task thresholds for hygienic behaviour in honeybees (Apis mellifera)

    Peter R. Oxley;Marla Spivak;Benjamin P. Oldroyd

  • Conservation of Asian honey bees

    Benjamin P. Oldroyd;Piyamas Nanork

  • Only full-sibling families evolved eusociality.

    Jacobus J. Boomsma;Madeleine Beekman;Charlie K. Cornwallis;Ashleigh S. Griffin

  • Anarchy in the beehive

    Benjamin P. Oldroyd;Adam J. Smolenski;Jean-Marie Cornuet;Ross H. Crozler

  • The Africanization of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) of the Yucatan: a study of a massive hybridization event across time.

    Kylea E. Clarke;Thomas E. Rinderer;Pierre Franck;Pierre Franck;Javier G. Quezada-Euán

  • When Workers Disunite: Intraspecific Parasitism by Eusocial Bees

    Madeleine Beekman;Benjamin P. Oldroyd

Frequent Co-Authors

Madeleine Beekman
Madeleine Beekman University of Sydney
Ross H. Crozier
Ross H. Crozier James Cook University
Francis L. W. Ratnieks
Francis L. W. Ratnieks University of Sussex
William O. H. Hughes
William O. H. Hughes University of Sussex
Ryszard Maleszka
Ryszard Maleszka Australian National University
Stephan Winter
Stephan Winter University of Melbourne
Nathan Lo
Nathan Lo University of Sydney
Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University
Catherine M. Suter
Catherine M. Suter University of New South Wales
Michel Solignac
Michel Solignac Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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