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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Publications

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

Next-generation biological control: The need for integrating genetics and genomics

Leung, K., Ras, E., Ferguson, K. B., Ariens, S., Babendreier, D., Bijma, P., Bourtzis, K., Brodeur, J., Bruins, M. A., Centurion, A., Chattington, S. R., Chinchilla-Ramirez, M., Dicke, M., Fatouros, N. E., Gonzalez-Cabrera, J., Groot, T. V. M., Haye, T., Knapp, M., Koskinioti, P., Le Hesran, S., & 18 othersLyrakis, M., Paspati, A., Perez-Hedo, M., Plouvier, W. N., Schloetterer, C., Stahl, J. M., Thiel, A., Urbaneja, A., van de Zande, L., Verhulst, E. C., Vet, L. E. M., Visser, S., Werren, J. H., Xia, S., Zwaan, B. J., Magalhaes, S., Beukeboom, L. W. & Pannebakker, B. A., 1-Dec-2020, In: Biological Reviews. 95, 6, p. 1838-1854 17 p.

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

Polyploidy and host specificity genetics in Nasonia parasitoid wasps

Leung, K., 2020, [Groningen]: University of Groningen. 176 p.

Research output: Thesis › Thesis fully internal (DIV)

Life-history traits of the Whiting polyploid line of the parasitoid Nasonia vitripennis

Leung, K., van de Zande, L. & Beukeboom, L. W., 17-Jul-2019, In: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 167, 7, p. 655-669 15 p.

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

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