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K. (Kelley Leung) Leung, PhD

Integrating fundamental and applied research across biological control, conservation, and polyploidy to understand major evolutionary paradigms and benefit the environment. Also advocating for diversity in evolutionary science.

Faculty of Science and Engineering

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Research interests

Integrating fundamental and applied research across biological control, conservation, and polyploidy to understand major evolutionary paradigms and benefit the environment. Also advocating for diversity in evolutionary science.

Publications

A case of polyploid utility in biocontrol: Reproductively-impaired triploid Nasonia vitripennis have high host-killing ability

Li, X. & Leung, K., Mar-2025, In: Pest management science. p. 1469-1477 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Inbreeding and Outbreeding Depression in Wild and Captive Insect Populations

Leung, K., Beukeboom, L. W. & Zwaan, B. J., 28-Jan-2025, In: Annual review of entomology. 70, 1, p. 271-292 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Creating insect neopolyploid lines to study animal polyploid evolution

Sivaprakasham Murugesan, S., Beukeboom, L. W., Verhulst, E. C. & Leung, K., Sept-2024, In: Evolutionary Applications. 17, 9, 9 p., e13706.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Potential benefits of male diploidy and female triploidy for parasitoid wasps used as biological control agents: A case study in Nasonia

Leung, K., Dec-2024, In: Biological control. 199, 10 p., 105659.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

A size and taxonomic assessment of non-lethal DNA sampling of gastropods using Flinders Technology Associates (FTA) cards

Leung, K., 22-Nov-2023, In: Conservation genetics resources. 16, p. 45-61 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Effects of polyploidization and their evolutionary implications are revealed by heritable polyploidy in the haplodiploid wasp Nasonia vitripennis

Leung, K., van de Zande, L. & Beukeboom, L. W., Nov-2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 11 October, 22 p., e0288278.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Fundamental and specialized questions on host race formation and speciation: An introduction

Leung, K. & Beukeboom, L. W., Jan-2022, In: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 170, 1, p. 2-4 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Novel insights into insect chemical communication: An introduction

Leung, K., Beukeboom, L. W. & Buellesbach, J., Apr-2022, In: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 170, 4, p. 286-288 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Academic › peer-review

Revisiting the hymenopteran diploid male vortex: A review of avoidance mechanisms and incidence

Leung, K. & van der Meulen, H., Dec-2022, In: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 170, 12, p. 1010-1031 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

The parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis as a model for animal polyploid evolution

Leung, K., 18-Aug-2022.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic

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