N. K. E. Schulz

Deciphering a beetle clock: individual and sex-dependent variation in daily activity patterns

This study investigates circadian rhythms in red flour beetles, finding sex-dependent and individual variations in daily activity patterns, with males showing more robust rhythms than females.

Female investment in terminal reproduction or somatic maintenance depends on infection dose

This study shows that female flour beetles adjust reproductive investment based on infection dose, shifting to somatic maintenance at lower doses and trade-off between offspring quality and quantity at higher doses.

Paternal knockdown of tRNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase (Dnmt2) increases offspring susceptibility to infection in red flour beetles

This study shows that paternal Dnmt2 knockdown in red flour beetles increases offspring susceptibility to bacterial infection, independent of paternal bacterial exposure.

Experimental evolution of insect resistance to two pesticide classes reveals mechanistic diversity and context-dependent fitness costs

The paper evolves pesticide resistance in beetles and finds diverse genetic mechanisms and minimal fitness costs for resistance to two pesticide classes.

Dnmt1 has an essential function despite the absence of CpG DNA methylation in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

The paper shows Dnmt1 is essential for red flour beetle development despite no CpG methylation, suggesting a non-methyltransferase function.

Transgenerational developmental effects of immune priming in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

This study investigates transgenerational immune priming in Tribolium castaneum, finding paternal priming protects offspring and oral priming delays offspring development.