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Leo W. Beukeboom is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Insect Science. Their subfields of study include Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics within the entomological and ecological disciplines. Key themes in their research include:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Insect behavior and control techniques
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Plant and animal studies

Leo W. Beukeboom has contributed to several recent papers published in well-regarded scientific venues. Notable publications include:

  • Next-generation biological control: the need for integrating genetics and genomics (2020), published in Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • A chimeric gene paternally instructs female sex determination in the haplodiploid wasp Nasonia (2020), published in Science
  • Behaviour of two fly species reared for livestock feed: optimising production and insect welfare (2022), published in Journal of Insects as Food and Feed
  • Health of the black soldier fly and house fly under mass-rearing conditions: innate immunity and the role of the microbiome (2022), published in Journal of Insects as Food and Feed
  • Insects in production - an introduction (2020), published in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, indicating a network of scholarly interaction. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Louis van de Zande
  • Bregje Wertheim
  • Joana Falcão Salles
  • Kelley Leung
  • Elzemiek Geuverink

Publications by Leo W. Beukeboom appear in a variety of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
  • Journal of Insects as Food and Feed
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Evolutionary Applications

Best Publications

  • Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species.

    John H. Werren;Stephen Richards;Christopher A. Desjardins;Oliver Niehuis

  • B-chromosome evolution.

    Juan Pedro M. Camacho;Timothy F. Sharbel;Leo W. Beukeboom

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • What do we need to know about speciation

    Roger Butlin;Allan Debelle;Claudius Kerth;Rhonda R. Snook

  • Genome of the house fly, Musca domestica L., a global vector of diseases with adaptations to a septic environment

    Jeffrey G Scott;Wesley C Warren;Leo W Beukeboom;Daniel Bopp

  • SEX DETERMINATION, SEX RATIOS AND GENETIC CONFLICT

    John H. Werren;Leo W. Beukeboom

  • Single locus complementary sex determination in Hymenoptera: an "unintelligent" design?

    Ellen van Wilgenburg;Ellen van Wilgenburg;Gerard Driessen;Gerard Driessen;Leo W Beukeboom;Leo W Beukeboom

  • The Evolution of Sex Determination

    Leo W. Beukeboom;Nicolas Perrin

  • Bewildering Bs: an impression of the 1st B-Chromosome Conference

    Leo W. Beukeboom

  • Insect sex determination: It all evolves around transformer

    Eveline C. Verhulst;Louis Jacobus Mgn Van De Zande;Leo Beukeboom

  • Evolutionary genetics and ecology of sperm-dependent parthenogenesis

    L. W. Beukeboom;R. C. Vrijenhoek

  • Maternal control of haplodiploid sex determination in the wasp Nasonia

    Eveline C. Verhulst;Leo Beukeboom;Louis Jacobus Mgn Van De Zande

  • Haldane's rule in the 21st century

    M. Schilthuizen;M. C. W. G. Giesbers;L. W. Beukeboom

  • Evolution of Sex Determination

    Leo W. Beukeboom;Nicolas Perrin

  • Male sex in houseflies is determined by Mdmd , a paralog of the generic splice factor gene CWC22 .

    Akash Sharma;Akash Sharma;Svenia D. Heinze;Yanli Wu;Yanli Wu;Tea Kohlbrenner

  • The evolution of sex ratios and sex-determining systems

    Tobias Uller;Ido Pen;Erik Wapstra;Leo W. Beukeboom

  • Cytology of Wolbachia-induced parthenogenesis in Leptopilina clavipes (Hymenoptera: Figitidae)

    Bart A. Pannebakker;Laas P. Pijnacker;Bas J. Zwaan;Leo W. Beukeboom

  • Segregation distortion and the evolution of sex-determining mechanisms

    M.A. Kozielska;F. J. Weissing;L.W. Beukeboom;I.R. Pen

  • Phylogenetic distribution and evolutionary dynamics of the sex determination genes doublesex and transformer in insects

    E. Geuverink;L. W. Beukeboom

  • Adaptive latitudinal cline of photoperiodic diapause induction in the parasitoid Nasonia vitripennis in Europe

    S. Paolucci;L. van de Zande;L. W. Beukeboom

Frequent Co-Authors

John H. Werren
John H. Werren University of Rochester
David M. Shuker
David M. Shuker University of St Andrews
Ido Pen
Ido Pen University of Groningen
Juergen Gadau
Juergen Gadau University of Münster
Oliver Niehuis
Oliver Niehuis University of Freiburg
Tanja Schwander
Tanja Schwander University of Lausanne
Nicolas Perrin
Nicolas Perrin University of Lausanne
Bas J. Zwaan
Bas J. Zwaan Wageningen University & Research
Kostas Bourtzis
Kostas Bourtzis International Atomic Energy Agency
Franz J. Weissing
Franz J. Weissing University of Groningen

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