Testing evolutionary theory: from genome to phenotype and back again

Research output

Research output per year 2006 2007 2010 2011 2015

• 33 Article
• 4 Editorial
• 2 Review article
• 1 Letter

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2015

  Do the benefits of polyandry scale with outbreeding?

  Burdfield-Steel, E. R., Auty, S. & Shuker, D. M., Sept 2015, In: Behavioral Ecology. 26, 5, p. 1423-1431 9 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • Outbreeding 100%
  • Mating 50%
  • Genetic Incompatibility 50%
  • Offspring 25%
  • Reproductives 25%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• Patterns of reproductive isolation within and between two Lygaeus species characterized by sexual conflicts over mating

  Evans, G. M. V., Nowlan, T. & Shuker, D. M., Dec 2015, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 116, 4, p. 890-901 12 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • Reproductive Isolation 100%
  • Lygaeus 100%
  • Mating 100%
  • Gene Flow 66%
  • Species Differentiation 66%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  10 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  The transcriptomic basis of oviposition behaviour in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis

  Pannebakker, B. A., Trivedi, U., Blaxter, M. A., Watt, R. & Shuker, D. M., 19 Jul 2013, In: PLoS One. 8, 7, 9 p., e68608.

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

  Open Access

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  • Nasonia vitripennis 100%
  • Oviposition 100%
  • Transcriptomics 100%
  • Parasitoid Wasp 100%
  • Parasitoid 100%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

  7 Downloads (Pure)
• 2011

  Distance sampling and the challenge of monitoring butterfly populations

  Isaac, N. J. B., Cruickshanks, K. L., Weddle, A. M., Rowcliffe, J. M., Brereton, T. M., Dennis, R. L. H., Shuker, D. M. & Thomas, C. D., Dec 2011, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 2, 6, p. 585-594 10 p.

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

  • Population Density 100%
  • Biotope 50%
  74 Citations (Scopus)

• Fitness consequences of immune responses: strengthening the empirical framework for ecoimmunology

  Graham, A. L., Shuker, D. M., Pollitt, L. C., Auld, S. K. J. R., Wilson, A. J. & Little, T. J., Feb 2011, In: Functional Ecology. 25, 1, p. 517 13 p.

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

  • Immune Response 100%
  • Immunity 60%
  • Natural Selection 20%
  • Phenotypic Plasticity 20%
  • Parasitology 20%
  198 Citations (Scopus)

• Forward from the crossroads of ecology and evolution Introduction

  Rowntree, J. K., Shuker, D. M. & Preziosi, R. F., 12 May 2011, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. B, Biological Sciences. 366, 1569, p. 1322-1328 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  • Heredity 100%
  • Genetic Variation 100%
  • Genetic Variability 100%
  • Community Ecology 100%
  • Evolution 100%
  36 Citations (Scopus)

• Inbreeding and selection on sex ratio in the bark beetle Xylosandrus germanus

  Keller, L., Peer, K., Bernasconi, C., Taborsky, M. & Shuker, D. M., 13 Dec 2011, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11, p. - 6 p., 359.

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

  Open Access

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  • Xylosandrus 100%
  • Inbreeding 100%
  • Bark Beetle 100%
  • Sex Ratio 100%
  • Microsatellite 50%
  26 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

  Abbot, P., Abe, J., Alcock, J., Alizon, S., Alpedrinha, J. A. C., Andersson, M., Andre, J.-B., van Baalen, M., Balloux, F., Balshine, S., Barton, N., Beukeboom, L. W., Biernaskie, J. M., Bilde, T., Borgia, G., Breed, M., Brown, S., Bshary, R., Buckling, A. & Burley, N. T. & 117 others, Burton-Chellew, M. N., Cant, M. A., Chapuisat, M., Charnov, E. L., Clutton-Brock, T., Cockburn, A., Cole, B. J., Colegrave, N., Cosmides, L., Couzin, I. D., Coyne, J. A., Creel, S., Crespi, B., Curry, R. L., Dall, S. R. X., Day, T., Dickinson, J. L., Dugatkin, L. A., El Mouden, C., Emlen, S. T., Evans, J., Ferriere, R., Field, J., Foitzik, S., Foster, K., Foster, W. A., Fox, C. W., Gadau, J., Gandon, S., Gardner, A., Gardner, M. G., Getty, T., Goodisman, M. A. D., Grafen, A., Grosberg, R., Grozinger, C. M., Gouyon, P.-H., Gwynne, D., Harvey, P. H., Hatchwell, B. J., Heinze, J., Helantera, H., Helms, K. R., Hill, K., Jiricny, N., Johnstone, R. A., Kacelnik, A., Kiers, E. T., Kokko, H., Komdeur, J., Korb, J., Kronauer, D., Kuemmerli, R., Lehmann, L., Linksvayer, T. A., Lion, S., Lyon, B., Marshall, J. A. R., McElreath, R., Michalakis, Y., Michod, R. E., Mock, D., Monnin, T., Montgomerie, R., Moore, A. J., Mueller, U. G., Noe, R., Okasha, S., Pamilo, P., Parker, G. A., Pedersen, J. S., Pen, I., Pfennig, D., Queller, D. C., Rankin, D. J., Reece, S. E., Reeve, H. K., Reuter, M., Roberts, G., Robson, S. K. A., Roze, D., Rousset, F., Rueppell, O., Sachs, J. L., Santorelli, L., Schmid-Hempel, P., Schwarz, M. P., Scott-Phillips, T., Shellmann-Sherman, J., Sherman, P. W., Shuker, D. M., Smith, J., Spagna, J. C., Strassmann, B., Suarez, A. V., Sundstrom, L., Taborsky, M., Taylor, P., Thompson, G., Tooby, J., Tsutsui, N. D., Tsuji, K., Turillazzi, S., Ubeda, F., Vargo, E. L., Voelkl, B., Wenseleers, T., West, S. A., West-Eberhard, M. J., Westneat, D. F., Wiernasz, D. C., Wild, G., Wrangham, R., Young, A. J., Zeh, D. W., Zeh, J. A. & Zink, A., 24 Mar 2011, In: Nature. 471, 7339, p. E1-E4 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  305 Citations (Scopus)

• Reproductive interference

  Burdfield-Steel, E. R. & Shuker, D. M., 21 Jun 2011, In: Current Biology. 21, 12, p. R450-R451 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
  76 Citations (Scopus)

• Sexual selection on male development time in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis

  Moynihan, A. M. & Shuker, D. M., Sept 2011, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24, 9, p. 2002-2013 12 p.

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

  • Nasonia vitripennis 100%
  • Body Size 100%
  • Parasitoid Wasp 100%
  • Nasonia 66%
  • Mating System 66%
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Social Evolution: Evolving Sex Ratios

  Herre, E. A., Shuker, D. M. & West, S. A., 20 Dec 2011, In: Current Biology. 21, 24, p. R992-R994 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• Temperature, age of mating and starvation determine the role of maternal effects on sex allocation in the mealybug Planococcus citri

  Ross, L., Dealey, E. J., Beukeboom, L. W. & Shuker, D. M., May 2011, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 65, 5, p. 909-919 11 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • Planococcus citri 100%
  • Sex Allocation 100%
  • Maternal Effect 100%
  • Mating 100%
  • Pseudococcidae 100%
  24 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• The evolution and suppression of male suicide under paternal genome elimination

  Ross, L., Shuker, D. M. & Pen, I., Feb 2011, In: Evolution. 65, 2, p. 554-563 10 p.

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

  • Genetics 100%
  • Germline 50%
  • Germ Cell 50%
  • Suppressor Gene 25%
  • Embryogenesis 25%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• The quantitative genetic basis of sex ratio variation in Nasonia vitripennis: a QTL study

  Pannebakker, B. A., Watt, R., Knott, S. A., West, S. A. & Shuker, D. M., Jan 2011, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24, 1, p. 12-22 11 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • Nasonia vitripennis 100%
  • Quantitative Genetics 100%
  • Quantitative Trait Locus 100%
  • Sex Ratio 100%
  • Clutch Size 28%
  27 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)
• 2010

  A comparison of recombination frequencies in intraspecific versus interspecific mapping populations of Nasonia

  Beukeboom, L. W., Niehuis, O., Pannebakker, B. A., Koevoets, T., Gibson, J. D., Shuker, D. M., van de Zande, L. & Gadau, J., Mar 2010, In: Heredity. 104, 3, p. 302-309 8 p.

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

  • Genetic Recombination 100%
  • Interspecific Hybrid 50%
  • Microsatellite Marker 50%
  • Genetics 25%
  • Genomics 25%
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Constraints on adaptation: explaining deviation from optimal sex ratio using artificial neural networks

  Lewis, H. M., Tosh, C. R., O'Keefe, S., Shuker, D. M., West, S. A. & Mayhew, P. J., Aug 2010, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23, 8, p. 1708-1719 12 p.

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

  • Neural Network 100%
  • Information Processing 25%
  • Adaptive Behavior 25%
  • Modeling Information 25%
  • Genetic Algorithm 25%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• ERRATUM: HADDRILL P.R., SHUKER D.M., MAYES S. MAJERUS M.E.N. 2007: Temporal effects of multiple mating on components of fitness in the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Eur. J. Entomol. 104(3): 393-398.

  HADDRILL, P. R., SHUKER, D. M., MAYES, S. & MAJERUS, M. E. N., 2010, In: European Journal of Entomology. 107, 3, p. 464-464 1 p.

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

• Functional and Evolutionary Insights from the Genomes of Three Parasitoid Nasonia Species

  Nasonia Genome Working Grp, 15 Jan 2010, In: Science. 327, 5963, p. 343-348 6 p.

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

  • Nasonia 100%
  • Evolution 100%
  • Parasitoid 100%
  • Poxviridae 25%
  • Wolbachia 25%
  711 Citations (Scopus)

• Genomic conflict in scale insects: the causes and consequences of bizarre genetic systems

  Ross, L., Pen, I. & Shuker, D. M., Nov 2010, In: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 85, 4, p. 807-828 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Genetics 100%
  • Genomics 100%
  • Scale Insect 100%
  • Sex Ratio 42%
  • Intragenomic Conflict 28%
  79 Citations (Scopus)

• Recombination and its impact on the genome of the haplodiploid parasitoid wasp Nasonia

  Niehuis, O., Gibson, J. D., Rosenberg, M. S., Pannebakker, B. A., Koevoets, T., Judson, A. K., Desjardins, C. A., Kennedy, K., Duggan, D., Beukeboom, L. W., van de Zande, L., Shuker, D. M., Werren, J. H. & Gadau, J., 19 Jan 2010, In: PLoS One. 5, 1, 13 p., e8597.

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

  Open Access

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  • Hymenoptera 100%
  • Parasitoid 100%
  • Nasonia 100%
  • Parasitoid Wasp 100%
  • Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism 50%
  60 Citations (Scopus)

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Sex allocation in a species with paternal genome elimination: the roles of crowding and female age in the mealybug Planococcus citri

  Ross, L., Langenhof, M. B. W., Pen, I., Beukeboom, L. W., West, S. A. & Shuker, D. M., Jan 2010, In: Evolutionary Ecology Research. 12, 1, p. 89-104 16 p.

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

  • Mealybug 100%
  • Planococcus citri 100%
  • Sex Ratio 100%
  • Sex Allocation 100%
  • Progeny 42%
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Sexual selection: endless forms or tangled bank?

  Shuker, D. M., Mar 2010, In: Animal Behaviour. 79, 3, p. 11-17 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
  66 Citations (Scopus)

• The coevolution of virulence: tolerance in perspective

  Little, T. J., Shuker, D. M., Colegrave, N., Day, T. & Graham, A. L., Sept 2010, In: PLoS Pathogens. 6, 9, 5 p., e1001006.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Pollinator 100%
  • Coevolution 100%
  • Parasite Population 100%
  • Minimizes 100%
  • Interactor 50%
  145 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)

• The distribution of microsatellites in the Nasonia parasitoid wasp genome

  Pannebakker, B. A., Niehuis, O., Hedley, A., Gadau, J. & Shuker, D. M., Feb 2010, In: Insect Molecular Biology. 19, p. 91-98 8 p.

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

  • Microsatellite 100%
  • Nasonia 100%
  • Parasitoid Wasp 100%
  • Hymenoptera 50%
  • Honey Bees 16%
  38 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Host acceptance and sex allocation of Nasonia wasps in response to conspecifics and heterospecifics

  Ivens, A. B. F., Shuker, D. M., Beukeboom, L. W. & Pen, I., 22 Oct 2009, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 276, 1673, p. 3663-3669 7 p.

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

  • Nasonia 100%
  • Sex Ratio 100%
  • Sex Allocation 100%
  • Offspring 40%
  • Progeny 40%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Scale insects

  Ross, L. & Shuker, D. M., 10 Mar 2009, In: Current Biology. 19, 5, p. R184-R186 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Sexual conflict, sex allocation and the genetic system

  Shuker, D. M., Moynihan, A. M. & Ross, L., 23 Oct 2009, In: Biology Letters. 5, 5, p. 682-685 4 p.

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

  • Genetics 100%
  • Sex Ratio 100%
  • Sex Allocation 100%
  • Evolution 66%
  • Diploidy 33%
  29 Citations (Scopus)

• Why do adaptive immune responses cross-react?

  Fairlie-Clarke, K., Shuker, D. M. & Graham, A., Feb 2009, In: Evolutionary Applications. 2, 1, p. 122-131 10 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • Adaptive Immune System 100%
  • Cross-Reactivity 100%
  • Evolution 75%
  • Immunology 50%
  • Cross Reacting Antibody 25%
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)
• 2008

  Effects of spontaneous mutation accumulation on sex ratio traits in a parasitoid wasp

  Pannebakker, B., Halligan, D., Reynolds, K., Ballantyne, G., Shuker, D. M., Barton, N. & West, S., Aug 2008, In: Evolution. 62, 8, p. 1921-1935 15 p.

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

  • Sex Ratio 100%
  • Parasitoid Wasp 100%
  • Parasitoid 100%
  • Genetic Divergence 50%
  • Genetic Variance 20%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• Facultative sex ratio adjustment in natural populations of wasps: Cues of local mate competition and the precision of adaptation

  Burton-Chellew, M., Koevoets, T., Grillenberger, B., Sykes, E., Underwood, S., Bijlsma, K., Gadau, J., van de Zande, L., Beukeboom, L., West, S. & Shuker, D. M., Sept 2008, In: American Naturalist. 172, 3, p. 393-404 12 p.

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

  • Sex Ratio 100%
  • Progeny 40%
  • Oviposition 40%
  • Microsatellite 20%
  • Nasonia vitripennis 20%
  65 Citations (Scopus)

• Female multiple mating in wild and laboratory populations of the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata

  Haddrill, P., Shuker, D. M., Amos, W., Majerus, M. & Mayes, S., Jul 2008, In: Molecular Ecology. 17, 13, p. 3189-3197 9 p.

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

  • Coccinellidae 100%
  • Adalia bipunctata 100%
  40 Citations (Scopus)

• Genetic structure of natural Nasonia vitripennis populations: validating assumptions of sex-ratio theory

  Grillenberger, B., Koevoets, T., Burton-Chellew, M., Sykes, E., Shuker, D. M., De Zande, L., Bijlsma, R., Gadau, J. & Beukeboom, L., Jun 2008, In: Molecular Ecology. 17, 12, p. 2854-2864 11 p.

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

  • Clutch Size 100%
  • Nasonia vitripennis 100%
  • Inbreeding 100%
  • Sex Ratio 100%
  • Genetic Structure 100%
  66 Citations (Scopus)

• Male position and calling effort together influence male attractiveness in leks of the medfly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

  Niyazi, N., Shuker, D. M. & Wood, R., Nov 2008, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 95, 3, p. 479-487 9 p.

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

  • Tephritidae 100%
  • Diptera 100%
  • Ceratitis capitata 100%
  • Seta 75%
  • Pheromone 50%
  15 Citations (Scopus)
• 2007

  Asymmetric larval competition in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis: a role in sex allocation?

  Sykes, E., Innocent, T., Pen, I., Shuker, D. M. & West, S., Sept 2007, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61, 11, p. 1751-1758 8 p.

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

  • Nasonia vitripennis 100%
  • Sex Ratio 100%
  • Sex Allocation 100%
  • Parasitoid Wasp 100%
  • Offspring 50%
  34 Citations (Scopus)

• Information use in space and time: sex allocation behaviour in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis

  Shuker, D. M., Reece, S. E., Lee, A., Graham, A., Duncan, A. B. & West, S. A., Jun 2007, In: Animal Behaviour. 73, p. 971-977 7 p.

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

  • Nasonia vitripennis 100%
  • Sex Allocation 100%
  • Parasitoid Wasp 100%
  • Sex Ratio 75%
  • Olfactory Cue 25%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Laboratory evolution of polyandry in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis

  Burton-Chellew, M., Beukeboom, L., West, S. & Shuker, D. M., Nov 2007, In: Animal Behaviour. 74, p. 1147-1154 8 p.

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

  • Mating Behavior 100%
  • Nasonia vitripennis 100%
  • Parasitoid Wasp 100%
  • Parasitoid 100%
  31 Citations (Scopus)

• Temporal effects of multiple mating on components of fitness in the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera : Coccinellidae)

  Haddrill, P., Shuker, D. M., Mayes, S. & Majerus, M., 25 Jul 2007, In: European Journal of Entomology. 104, 3, p. 393-398 6 p.

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

  • Coccinellidae 100%
  • Adalia bipunctata 100%
  • Mating System 100%
  • Offspring 33%
  • Progeny 33%
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• The cost of mating and the relationship between body size and fitness in males of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis

  Burton-Chellew, M., Sykes, E., Patterson, S., Shuker, D. M. & West, S., Oct 2007, In: Evolutionary Ecology Research. 9, p. 921-934 14 p.

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

  • Reproductive Success 100%
  • Nasonia vitripennis 100%
  • Body Size 100%
  • Parasitoid 100%
  • Parasitoid Wasp 100%
  44 Citations (Scopus)

• The quantitative genetic basis of polyandry in the parasitoid wasp, Nasonia vitripennis

  Shuker, D. M., Phillimore, A., Burton-Chellew, M., Hodge, S. & West, S., Feb 2007, In: Heredity. 98, 2, p. 69-73 5 p.

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

  • Heritability 100%
  • Nasonia vitripennis 100%
  • Quantitative Genetics 100%
  • Parasitoid Wasp 100%
  • Parasitoid 100%
  33 Citations (Scopus)
• 2006

  Male influence on sex allocation in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis

  Shuker, D. M., Sykes, E., Browning, L., Beukeboom, L. & West, S., Apr 2006, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 59, 6, p. 829-835 7 p.

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

  • Nasonia vitripennis 100%
  • Sex Ratio 100%
  • Sex Allocation 100%
  • Parasitoid Wasp 100%
  • Reproductives 25%
  48 Citations (Scopus)