Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biosketch
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.
External positions
Editor-in-Chief, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Director, Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Evolutionary Biology (MEME)
Advisor, Amusca Breeding B.V.
Advisor, Tryptomera B.V.
Network
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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
10 Citations (Scopus) -
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
Open AccessFile73 Citations (Scopus)20 Downloads (Pure) -
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
Open AccessFile8 Citations (Scopus)271 Downloads (Pure) -
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
Open AccessFile17 Citations (Scopus)302 Downloads (Pure) -
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
Open AccessFile48 Citations (Scopus)400 Downloads (Pure)
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AL-III: Towards an eco-evo-devo theory for the evolution of eusociality: Integrating theory, field experiments and molecular genetics
Pen, I., Beukeboom, L., Komdeur, J. & Kreider, J.
01/07/2020 → 01/07/2024
Project: Research
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CINCHRON: Circadian light entrainment in Nasonia
Hut, R., Beukeboom, L., Wertheim, B. & Wang, Y.
01/04/2019 → 01/06/2022
Project: Research
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CINCHRON: Ultradian, circadian and seasonal clocks in Nasonia
Beukeboom, L., Jacobus Mgn Van De Zande, L. & Romeyer, P.
01/09/2018 → 01/06/2022
Project: Research
Activities
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Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (Journal)
Leo Beukeboom (Editor)
2015 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Academic
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Animal Biology (Journal)
Leo Beukeboom (Editorial board member)
2010 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Academic
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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: Organising and attending an event › Organising and contributing to an event › Academic
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ESEB 2017
Leo Beukeboom (Organiser)
2015 → 2017Activity: Organising and attending an event › Organising and contributing to an event › Academic
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European Research Council (ERC) (External organisation)
Leo Beukeboom (Member)
2011 → 2015Activity: Membership › Academic
Datasets
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Data from: Adaptive differences in circadian clock gene expression patterns and photoperiodic diapause induction in Nasonia vitripennis
Dalla Benetta, E. (Creator), Beukeboom, L. (Creator) & Jacobus Mgn Van De Zande, L. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 6-Feb-2019
Dataset
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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: 10.5061/dryad.qp6c3
Dataset
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Data from: Genetics of decayed sexual traits in a parasitoid wasp with endosymbiont-induced asexuality
Ma, W. (Creator), Pannebakker, B. (Creator), Beukeboom, L. (Creator), Schwander, T. (Creator) & Jacobus Mgn Van De Zande, L. (Creator), University of Groningen, 28-Mar-2014
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.rf0bh
Dataset
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Artificial selection for non‐reproductive host killing in a native parasitoid on the invasive pest, Drosophila suzukii
Kruitwagen, A. (Contributor), Wertheim, B. (Contributor) & Beukeboom, L. (Contributor), University of Groningen, 4-Jun-2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.dr7sqv9xx, https://zenodo.org/record/4902368
Dataset
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Epistatic interactions between sex chromosomes and autosomes can affect the stability of sex determination systems
Schenkel, M. (Contributor), Beukeboom, L. (Contributor) & Pen, I. (Contributor), University of Groningen, 6-Oct-2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9s4mw6mhf, https://zenodo.org/record/5553136
Dataset
Press/Media
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Farming insects on manure
08/02/2023 → 23/04/2023
6 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research › Academic
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Even over evolutie: het is geen geleidelijk proces
11/04/2023 → 13/04/2023
3 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
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UCM inaugura primer doctorado en Salud Ecosistémica en Chile
08/04/2023 → 11/04/2023
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Popular
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Onderzoekers RUG ontdekken waarom wespenvaders alleen maar dochters krijgen
Yuan Zou, Elzemiek Geuverink, Leo Beukeboom, Eveline Verhulst & Louis van de Zande
27/11/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research › Academic
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The Great Lockdown - UG researchers deal with the corona crisis
Simon Verhulst, Merijn Driessen, Leo Beukeboom & Antonius Groothuis
18/03/2020
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other › Academic