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Rebecca A. Boulton

University of StirlingORCID 0000-0001-5918-3583Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Bart A. PannebakkeriD· 1 shared Bas Michels· 1 shared Charlotte Savill· 1 shared Darren James ParkeriD· 1 shared J Anderson· 1 shared Jeremy FieldiD· 1 shared Jodie GruberiD· 1 shared Mariska BeekmaniD· 1 shared

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 17, 2026

Mating allows asexual female wasps to produce offspring both sexually and asexually, but their sexual daughters have reduced fecundity

Rebecca A. Boulton, Mohit Raj, J Anderson, Darren James Parker

This study shows that facultative sex in wasps leads to reduced fecundity and selection against mixed sexual-asexual genotypes, suggesting costs that limit the persistence of facultative sex.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.16.751999

statistical model

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Evolutionary BiologyRoyal Society Open SciencePeer-reviewedMay 1, 2025

Is facultative sex is the best of both worlds in the parasitoid wasp Lysiphlebus fabarum?

Rebecca A. Boulton

This study investigates facultative sex in Lysiphlebus fabarum, finding that facultative sex does not confer fitness advantages and obligate sex provides fecundity benefits.

3 citations

experimental assayhost-pathogen & immune response

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintAug 1, 2023

Genetic differentiation at extreme latitudes in the socially plastic sweat bee Halictus rubicundus

Bas Michels, Mariska Beekman, Jeremy Field…·Rebecca A. Boulton

The paper examines genetic differentiation in the sweat bee Halictus rubicundus at extreme latitudes, finding genetic isolation in northern Scotland compared to southern England, but genetic overlap across the Irish Sea.

DOI 10.1101/2023.08.01.551501

statistical modelgenome assembly

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