Heng Lin Yeap

Population differences and domestication effects on mating and remating frequencies in Queensland fruit fly.

Khandaker Asif Ahmed, Heng Lin Yeap, Gunjan Pandey, Siu Fai Lee, Phillip W Taylor, John G Oakeshott

Journal article  |  2022  |  Sci Rep

Females of many insect species are unreceptive to remating for a period following their first mating. This inhibitory effect may b..

Diversity and sex differences in rectal gland volatiles of Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera: Tephritidae).

Cynthia Castro-Vargas, Gunjan Pandey, Heng Lin Yeap, Michael J Lacey, Siu Fai Lee, Soo J Park, Phillip W Taylor, John G Oakeshott

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLoS One

Rectal gland volatiles are key mediators of sexual interactions in tephritid fruit flies. We used solid-phase microextraction (SPM..

Multi-locus genotyping of stored sperm reveals female remating rates in wild populations of the Queensland fruit fly.

Jason Shadmany, Phillip W Taylor, Heng Lin Yeap, Siu Fai Lee

Journal article  |  2022  |  Curr Res Insect Sci

Female insects commonly have more than one mate during a breeding period ('polyandry'), storing and using sperm from multiple male..

A wAlbB Wolbachia Transinfection Displays Stable Phenotypic Effects across Divergent Aedes aegypti Mosquito Backgrounds

Perran A Ross, Xinyue Gu, Katie L Robinson, Qiong Yang, Ellen Cottingham, Yifan Zhang, Heng Lin Yeap, Xuefen Xu, Nancy M Endersby-Harshman, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2021  |  APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Aedes mosquitoes harboring intracellular Wolbachia bacteria are being released in arbovirus and mosquito control programs. With re..

Tracing the origins of recent Queensland fruit fly incursions into South Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand

ÁD Popa-Báez, SF Lee, HL Yeap, G Westmore, P Crisp, D Li, R Catullo, EC Cameron, OR Edwards, PW Taylor, JG Oakeshott

Journal article  |  2021  |  Biological Invasions

Incursions of the Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni (Qfly) into areas without permanent Qfly populations present serious thre..

Climate stress resistance in male Queensland fruit fly varies among populations of diverse geographic origins and changes during domestication.

Ángel-David Popa-Báez, Siu Fai Lee, Heng Lin Yeap, Shirleen S Prasad, Michele Schiffer, Roslyn G Mourant, Cynthia Castro-Vargas, Owain R Edwards, Phillip W Taylor, John G Oakeshott

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC Genet

BACKGROUND: The highly polyphagous Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni Froggatt) expanded its range substantially during the t..

Separating two tightly linked species-defining phenotypes in Bactrocera with hybrid recombinant analysis.

Heng Lin Yeap, Siu Fai Lee, Freya Robinson, Roslyn G Mourant, John A Sved, Marianne Frommer, Alexie Papanicolaou, Owain R Edwards, John G Oakeshott

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC Genet

BACKGROUND: Bactrocera tryoni and Bactrocera neohumeralis mate asynchronously; the former mates exclusively around dusk while the ..

Genome-wide patterns of differentiation over space and time in the Queensland fruit fly.

Ángel-David Popa-Báez, Renee Catullo, Siu Fai Lee, Heng Lin Yeap, Roslyn G Mourant, Marianne Frommer, John A Sved, Emily C Cameron, Owain R Edwards, Phillip W Taylor, John G Oakeshott

Journal article  |  2020  |  Sci Rep

The Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni, is a major pest of Australian horticulture which has expanded its range in associatio..

A genome-wide approach for uncovering evolutionary relationships of Australian Bactrocera species complexes (Diptera: Tephritidae)

RA Catullo, HL Yeap, SF Lee, JG Bragg, J Cheesman, S De Faveri, O Edwards, AKW Hee, AD Popa, M Schiffer, JG Oakeshott

Journal article  |  2019  |  Invertebrate Systematics

Australia and Southeast Asia are hotspots of global diversity in the fruit-fly genus Bactrocera. Although a great diversity of spe..

The Effect of Nonrandom Mating on Wolbachia Dynamics: Implications for Population Replacement and Sterile Releases in Aedes Mosquitoes

Heng Lin Yeap, Nancy Margaret Endersby-Harshman, Ary Anthony Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2018  |  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Wolbachia bacteria are known to cause deviations from random mating and affect sperm competition (SC) in some of their arthropod h..