prof. dr. L.W. (Leo W) Beukeboom

Professor Evolutionary Genetics

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Telephone:

+31 50 36 38448

Secretary:

+31 50 36 32092 (Tineke de Boer)

egdboffice rug.nl

E-mail:

l.w.beukeboom rug.nl

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Research interests

My expertise field is evolutionary genetics and entomology. My research focuses on the genetics and evolution of insect reproductive modes and behaviour, including mechanisms of sexual and parthenogenetic reproduction, sex determination, haplodiploidy, photoperiodism and life history traits. My main research organisms are parasitoid wasps (Nasonia , Asobara , Leptopilina ) and flies ( Musca, Drosophila ). I also have an interest in rearing insects for food and feed, insect pest control and biological control.

Publications

The Evolution of Sex Determination

Beukeboom, L. W. & Perrin, N. , 12-Jun-2014 , Oxford: Oxford University Press & British Academy . 240 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic

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

Sharma, A. , Heinze, S. D. , Wu, Y. , Kohlbrenner, T. , Morilla, I. , Brunner, C. , Wimmer, E. A. , van de Zande, L. , Robinson, M. D. , Beukeboom, L. W. & Bopp, D. , 2017 , In: Science. 356 , 6338 , p. 642-645 4 p.

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

Evidence for involvement of a transformer paralog in sex determination of the wasp Leptopilina clavipes

Geuverink, E. , Kraaijeveld, K. , van Leussen, M. , Chen, F. , Pijpe, J. , Linskens, M. H. K. , Beukeboom, L. W. & van de Zande, L. , Dec-2018 , In: Insect Molecular Biology. 27 , 6 , p. 780-795 16 p. , imb.12522.

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

Maternal provision of transformer-2 is required for female development and embryo viability in the wasp Nasonia vitripennis

Geuverink, E. , Rensink, A. H. , Rondeel, I. , Beukeboom, L. W. , van de Zande, L. & Verhulst, E. C. , Nov-2017 , In: Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 90 , p. 23-33 11 p.

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

Hybrid incompatibilities in the parasitic wasp genus Nasonia: Negative effects of hemizygosity and the identification of transmission ratio distortion loci

Koevoets, T. , Niehuis, O. , van de Zande, L. & Beukeboom, L. W. , Mar-2012 , In: Heredity. 108 , 3 , p. 302-311 10 p.

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

All (189) publications

Press/media

Onderzoekers RUG ontdekken waarom wespenvaders alleen maar dochters krijgen

Yuan Zou , Elzemiek Geuverink , Leo Beukeboom , Eveline Verhulst & Louis van de Zande

27/11/2020

Press/Media: Research › Academic

The Great Lockdown - UG researchers deal with the corona crisis

Simon Verhulst , Merijn Driessen , Leo Beukeboom & Antonius Groothuis

18/03/2020

Press/Media: Other › Academic

Anger over unexpected closing of Linnaeusborg: ‘Disastrous for research’

Leo Beukeboom , Andrys Weitenberg & Jorien Bakker

05/02/2020

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Professional

The paradox of different house flies with few genetic differences

Leo Beukeboom

05/09/2019

Press/Media: Research › Academic

Insects

Leo Beukeboom & Raymond Klaassen

24/05/2018

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

What egg-producing housefly males can tell us about the evolution of sex determination

Leo Beukeboom , Akash Sharma, Yanli Wu & Louis van de Zande

12/05/2017 → 15/01/2018

Press/Media: Research › Academic

Homo futuris - De evolutie van de toekomstige mens

Leo Beukeboom

21/04/2016

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

More integrated measures against Suzuki fruitfly

Bregje Wertheim & Leo Beukeboom

01/03/2016 → 02/03/2016

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Popular

Waarom moeten wij aan seks doen om kinderen te verwekken?

Leo Beukeboom

19/02/2015

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

‘Seks kent een enorme variatie’

Leo Beukeboom

30/08/2014

Press/Media: Research › Popular

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prof. dr. L.W. (Leo W) Beukeboom

Research interests

Publications

The Evolution of Sex Determination

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

Evidence for involvement of a transformer paralog in sex determination of the wasp Leptopilina clavipes

Maternal provision of transformer-2 is required for female development and embryo viability in the wasp Nasonia vitripennis

A review and meta-analysis of the enemy release hypothesis in plant-herbivorous insect systems

QTL analysis of the photoperiodic response and clinal distribution of period alleles in Nasonia vitripennis

Diploid males support a two-step mechanism of endosymbiont-induced thelytoky in a parasitoid wasp

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

Manipulation of arthropod sex determination by endosymbionts: Diversity and molecular mechanisms

Hybrid incompatibilities in the parasitic wasp genus Nasonia: Negative effects of hemizygosity and the identification of transmission ratio distortion loci

Press/media

Onderzoekers RUG ontdekken waarom wespenvaders alleen maar dochters krijgen

The Great Lockdown - UG researchers deal with the corona crisis

Anger over unexpected closing of Linnaeusborg: ‘Disastrous for research’

The paradox of different house flies with few genetic differences

Insects

What egg-producing housefly males can tell us about the evolution of sex determination

Homo futuris - De evolutie van de toekomstige mens

More integrated measures against Suzuki fruitfly

Waarom moeten wij aan seks doen om kinderen te verwekken?

‘Seks kent een enorme variatie’