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Research output per year
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Research overview
My group is interested in the evolution and ecology of insect reproductive behaviour. As such we are interested in how natural and sexual selection shapes reproductive decisions and behaviours in insects. We use a variety of approaches, spanning behavioural experiments, fieldwork, to molecular genetics. Current study organisms include parasitic wasps, lygaeid seed bugs, and mealybugs.
Academic/Professional Qualification
Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Is mating failure caused by cryptic male choice in the seed bug Lygaeus simulans?
Balfour, V. L., Armand, M. & Shuker, D. M., Sept 2024, In: Ecology and Evolution. 14, 9, 11 p., e70341.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of condition on sexual selection in the seed bug Lygaeus simulans
Balfour, V. L., Corliss, M. K. & Shuker, D. M., 4 Sept 2024, In: Ecology and Evolution. 14, 9, 10 p., e70226.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Context-dependent use of visual cues in the shell selection behaviour of the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus
Rimmer, J. E. V., Todd, C. D. & Shuker, D. M., Jul 2021, In: Behavioural Processes. 188, 5 p., 104414.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Environmental correlates of sexual signaling in the Heteroptera: a prospective study
Gourevitch, E. H. Z. & Shuker, D. M., 30 Nov 2021, In: Insect. 12, 12, 28 p., 1079.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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The definition of sexual selection
Shuker, D. M. & Kvarnemo, C., 7 Aug 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Behavioral Ecology. Advance Article, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data underpinning Eleanor Gourevitch's thesis
Gourevitch, E. (Creator), Shuker, D. M. (Supervisor) & Dougherty, L. R. (Contributor), University of St Andrews, 12 Feb 2025
DOI: 10.17630/c57c82bf-e70c-4f3d-befe-ea150d00a15f, https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/760
Dataset: Thesis dataset
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DNA methylation changes induced by long and short photoperiods in Nasonia (dataset)
Pegoraro, M. (Creator), Bafna, A. (Creator), Davies, N. J. (Creator), Shuker, D. M. (Creator) & Tauber, E. (Creator), Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), 2 Mar 2016
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE44869
Dataset
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Differential gene expression is not required for facultative sex allocation: a transcriptome analysis of brain tissue in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis (dataset)
Cook, N. (Creator), Boulton, R. (Creator), Green, J. (Creator), Trivedi, U. (Creator), Tauber, E. (Creator), Pannebakker, B. A. (Creator), Ritchie, M. G. (Creator) & Shuker, D. M. (Creator), National Center for Biotechnology Information, 11 Jan 2018
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE105796
Dataset
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The fitness effects of a pale mutant in the aposematic seed bug Lygaeus simulans indicate pleiotropy between warning colouration and life history (dataset)
Balfour, V. (Creator), Aumont, C. (Creator), Dougherty, L. R. (Creator) & Shuker, D. M. (Creator), Dryad, 5 Dec 2018
Dataset
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Data from: The role of condition on sexual selection in the seed bug Lygaeus simulans
Balfour, V. L. (Creator), Corliss, M. (Contributor) & Shuker, D. M. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 5 Sept 2024
DOI: 10.17630/2b19235c-3e05-4398-b74e-9dda08ff6840
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Projects
- 3 Finished
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Genetics and genomics of adaptive sex: The genetics and genomics of adaptive sex ratio behaviour
Shuker, D. M. (PI) & Ritchie, M. G. (CoI)
7/01/13 → 6/04/16
Project: Standard
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Understanding the constraints on Sex: Understanding the constraints on sex ratio adaptation using artificial neural networks
Shuker, D. M. (PI)
1/04/09 → 30/11/10
Project: Standard
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Testing evolutionary theory: Testing evolutionary theory: from genome to phenotype and back again
Shuker, D. M. (PI)
1/02/09 → 30/06/12
Project: Fellowship
Activities
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Advising University of St Andrews Museums on new butterfly exhibit
Shuker, D. M. (Consultant)
2020Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy and expert advice
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Assoc for the study of Animal Behaviour (External organisation)
Shuker, D. M. (Participant)
2013 → 2018Activity: Membership types › Membership in special-interest organisation
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Invited speaker XXIV International Congress of Entomology
Shuker, D. M. (Invited speaker)
2012Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Ecology and Evolution (Journal)
Shuker, D. M. (Member of editorial board)
2011Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
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7th SERL Ecology & Behaviour Meeting
Shuker, D. M. (Invited speaker)
2011Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
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Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society
Shuker, D. M. (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Election to learned society