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Research overview
Ophelia started her PhD in September 2023. She is interested in the evolution of animal behaviour in response to their environment and how both natural and sexual selection come together to determine succces. Her research focuses on exploring new avenues of pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection in seed bug species using behavioural experiments both in the laboratory and the field. In particular, she is interested in investigating the role of cryptic choice in explaining the high rates of mating failure observed in these species.
Profile Keywords
Insect Mating Systems, Sexual Selection, Behavioural Ecology, Cryptic Choice, Evolutionary Biology
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Research, MRes Animal Behaviour (Distinction): The evolution and ecology of masquerade and new tools to study this camouflage strategy, Newcastle University
Award Date: 18 Sept 2020
Bachelor of Science, BSc Life Sciences, Université de Strasbourg
Award Date: 18 Jul 2019
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Research output
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Sexual selection in wild populations of seed bugs: the role of size in pre-copulatory mate choice by females and males
Fritsch, O. S. & Shuker, D., Nov 2025, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 38, 11, p. 1519–1532 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Data underpinning Madingley Moravia Abbs's thesis
Abbs, M. M. (Creator), Shuker, D. M. (Supervisor), Fritsch, O. S. (Contributor), Gourevitch, E. (Contributor), Drago Rosa, A. (Contributor), Cooper, L. M. (Contributor), Pechlivanis, A. (Contributor), Todd-Jones, E. (Contributor) & Kennedy, J. R. (Contributor), University of St Andrews, 22 Aug 2027
DOI: 10.17630/5518eb2a-f062-42c1-b6e1-290edbad3767
Dataset: Thesis dataset
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Sexual selection in wild populations of seed bugs: the role of size in pre-copulatory mate choice by females and males (dataset)
Fritsch, O. S. (Creator) & Shuker, D. M. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 30 Jul 2025
DOI: 10.17630/09878f60-1a55-4042-bb20-f89d6f4c9a09, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.sf7m0cgkr
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Sexual selection in wild populations of seed bugs: the role of size in pre-copulatory mate choice by females and males (dataset 2)
Fritsch, O. S. (Creator) & Shuker, D. (Creator), Dryad, 2025
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