prof. dr. L.W. (Leo W) Beukeboom
Professor Evolutionary Genetics
Research
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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
A review and meta-analysis of the enemy release hypothesis in plant-herbivorous insect systems
Meijer, K., Schilthuizen, M., Beukeboom, L. & Smit, C., 21-Dec-2016, In : PeerJ. 4, 15 p., e2778.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
QTL analysis of the photoperiodic response and clinal distribution of period alleles in Nasonia vitripennis
Paolucci, S., Salis, L., Vermeulen, C. J., Beukeboom, L. W. & van de Zande, L., Oct-2016, In : Molecular Ecology. 25, 19, p. 4805-4817 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Diploid males support a two-step mechanism of endosymbiont-induced thelytoky in a parasitoid wasp
Ma, W-J., Pannebakker, B. A., van de Zande, L., Schwander, T., Wertheim, B. & Beukeboom, L. W., 12-May-2015, In : BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15, 1, 12 p., 84.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Phylogenetic distribution and evolutionary dynamics of the sex determination genes doublesex and transformer in insects
Geuverink, E. & Beukeboom, L. W., 2014, In : Sexual Development. 8, 1-3, p. 38-49 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Manipulation of arthropod sex determination by endosymbionts: Diversity and molecular mechanisms
Ma, W. -J., Vavre, F. & Beukeboom, L. W., 2014, In : Sexual Development. 8, 1-3, p. 59-73 15 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
Datasets
Data from: Population-level consequences of complementary sex determination in a solitary parasitoid
de Boer, J. (Creator), Groenen, M. A. (Creator), Pannebakker, B. (Creator), Beukeboom, L. (Creator), Kraus, R. H. S. (Creator), University of Groningen, 20-May-2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.jn14s
Dataset
Data from: Cuticular hydrocarbon divergence in the jewel wasp Nasonia: Evolutionary shifts in chemical communication channels?
Buellesbach, J. (Creator), Gadau, J. (Creator), Beukeboom, L. (Creator), Echinger, F. (Creator), Raychoudhury, R. (Creator), Werren, J. H. (Creator), Schmitt, T. (Creator), University of Groningen, 29-Aug-2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.pq873
Dataset
Data from: Sex determination meltdown upon biological control introduction of the parasitoid Cotesia rubecula?
de Boer, J. (Creator), Kuijper, A. (Creator), Heimpel, G. E. (Creator), Beukeboom, L. (Creator), University of Groningen, 22-Jun-2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.qp6c3
Dataset
Activities
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (Journal)
Leo Beukeboom (Editor)2015 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity › Academic
Animal Biology (Journal)
Leo Beukeboom (Editorial board member)2010 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity › Academic
Organiser of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Personal Health: The 2017 ISEMPH Meeting
Leo Beukeboom (Organiser)2015 → 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference › Academic
2017 Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Leo Beukeboom (Organiser)2015 → 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference › Academic
European Research Council (ERC) (External organisation)
Leo Beukeboom (Member)2011 → 2015Activity: Membership › Membership of committee › Academic
Press / Media
Insects
Leo Beukeboom & Raymond Klaassen
24/05/2018
1 media contribution
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 Jacobus Mgn Van De Zande
12/05/2017 → 15/01/2018
3 items of media coverage
Press/Media: Research › Academic
Homo futuris - De evolutie van de toekomstige mens
21/04/2016
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
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