Emile van Lieshout

Experimental immune challenges reduce the quality of male antennae and female pheromone output.

Hieu T Pham, Mark A Elgar, Emile van Lieshout, Kathryn B McNamara

Journal article  |  2022  |  Sci Rep

Sexual signalling is a key feature of reproductive investment, yet the effects of immune system activation on investment into chem..

Males evolve to be more harmful under increased sexual conflict intensity in a seed beetle

Kathryn B McNamara, Nadia S Sloan, Sian E Kershaw, Emile Van Lieshout, Leigh W Simmons

Journal article  |  2020  |  BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

One conspicuous manifestation of sexual conflict is traumatic mating, in which male genitalia damage the female during copulation...

Sexual conflict and correlated evolution between male persistence and female resistance traits in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus

Liam R Dougherty, Emile van Lieshout, Kathryn B McNamara, Joe A Moschilla, Goran Arnqvist, Leigh W Simmons

Journal article  |  2017  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Traumatic mating (or copulatory wounding) is an extreme form of sexual conflict whereby male genitalia physically harm females dur..

Knowledge of, and Attitudes Towards Health-related Biotechnology Applications Amongst Australian Year 10 High School Students

E van Lieshout, V Dawson

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Biological Education

Modern biotechnology has a large and rapidly increasing impact on society. New advances in genetics, stem cells and other areas ho..

Male-biased sex ratio does not promote increased sperm competitiveness in the seed beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus.

Kathryn B McNamara, Stephen P Robinson, Márta E Rosa, Nadia S Sloan, Emile van Lieshout, Leigh W Simmons

Journal article  |  2016  |  Sci Rep

Sperm competition risk and intensity can select for adaptations that increase male fertilisation success. Evolutionary responses a..

Rapid loss of behavioral plasticity and immunocompetence under intense sexual selection.

Emile van Lieshout, Kathryn B McNamara, Leigh W Simmons

Journal article  |  2014  |  Evolution

Phenotypic plasticity allows animals to maximize fitness by conditionally expressing the phenotype best adapted to their environme..

The effect of maternal and paternal immune challenge on offspring immunity and reproduction in a cricket

KB McNamara, E Van Lieshout, LW Simmons

Journal article  |  2014  |  JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Trans-generational immune priming is the transmission of enhanced immunity to offspring following a parental immune challenge. Alt..

Why do female Callosobruchus maculatus kick their mates?

Emile van Lieshout, Kathryn B McNamara, Leigh W Simmons

Journal article  |  2014  |  PLoS One

Sexual conflict is now recognised as an important driver of sexual trait evolution. However, due to their variable outcomes and ef..

Females suffer a reduction in the viability of stored sperm following an immune challenge

KB McNamara, E Van Lieshout, LW Simmons

Journal article  |  2014  |  JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Despite the ubiquitous nature of sperm storage in invertebrates, relatively little is known about its costs, or the impact that im..

A test of the sexy-sperm and good-sperm hypotheses for the evolution of polyandry

KB McNamara, E Van Lieshout, LW Simmons

Journal article  |  2014  |  Behavioral Ecology

The sexy-sperm hypothesis proposes that polyandrous females will have a selective advantage over monandrous females as their sons ..