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Sherif Elnagdy; Susan Messing; Michael E N Majerus
Two strains of male-killing Wolbachia in a ladybird, Coccinella undecimpunctata, from a hot climate.
S Elnagdy; Michael E N Majerus; L-J Lawson Handley
The value of an egg: resource reallocation in ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) infected with male-killing bacteria.
L J Michie; F Mallard; Michael E N Majerus; Francis M Jiggins
Melanic through nature or nurture: genetic polymorphism and phenotypic plasticity in Harmonia axyridis.

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2013: Sherif Elnagdy; Susan Messing; Michael E N Majerus
Two strains of male-killing Wolbachia in a ladybird, Coccinella undecimpunctata, from a hot climate.
PloS one 2013;8(1):e54218.
2011: S Elnagdy; Michael E N Majerus; L-J Lawson Handley
The value of an egg: resource reallocation in ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) infected with male-killing bacteria.
Journal of evolutionary biology 2011;24(10):2164-72.
2010: L J Michie; F Mallard; Michael E N Majerus; Francis M Jiggins
Melanic through nature or nurture: genetic polymorphism and phenotypic plasticity in Harmonia axyridis.
Journal of evolutionary biology 2010;23(8):1699-707.
2010: Tamsin M O Majerus; Michael E N Majerus
Intergenomic arms races: detection of a nuclear rescue gene of male-killing in a ladybird.
PLoS pathogens 2010;6(7):e1000987.
2008: Penelope R Haddrill; David M Shuker; William Amos; Michael E N Majerus; Sean Mayes
Female multiple mating in wild and laboratory populations of the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata.
Molecular ecology 2008;17(13):3189-97.
2007: Natalie Ferry; Evan A Mulligan; Michael E N Majerus; Angharad M R Gatehouse
Bitrophic and tritrophic effects of Bt Cry3A transgenic potato on beneficial, non-target, beetles.
Transgenic research 2007;16(6):795-812.
2007: Matthew C Tinsley; Michael E N Majerus
Small steps or giant leaps for male-killers? Phylogenetic constraints to male-killer host shifts.
BMC evolutionary biology 2007;7():238.
2006: M C Tinsley; Michael E N Majerus
A new male-killing parasitism: Spiroplasma bacteria infect the ladybird beetle Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).
Parasitology 2006;132(Pt 6):757-65.
2003: Michael E N Majerus; Nicholas I Mundy
Mammalian melanism: natural selection in black and white.
Trends in genetics : TIG 2003;19(11):585-8.
2003: Rachel E Down; Louise Ford; Stephen D Woodhouse; Gillian M Davison; Michael E N Majerus; John A Gatehouse; Angharad M R Gatehouse
Tritrophic interactions between transgenic potato expressing snowdrop lectin (GNA), an aphid pest (peach-potato aphid; Myzus persicae (Sulz.) and a beneficial predator (2-spot ladybird; Adalia bipunctata L.).
Transgenic research 2003;12(2):229-41.
2003: Natalie Ferry; Romaan J M Raemaekers; Michael E N Majerus; Lise Jouanin; Gordon R Port; John A Gatehouse; Angharad M R Gatehouse
Impact of oilseed rape expressing the insecticidal cysteine protease inhibitor oryzacystatin on the beneficial predator Harmonia axyridis (multicoloured Asian ladybeetle).
Molecular ecology 2003;12(2):493-504.
2002: Francis M Jiggins; James P Randerson; Gregory D D Hurst; Michael E N Majerus
How can sex ratio distorters reach extreme prevalences? Male-killing Wolbachia are not suppressed and have near-perfect vertical transmission efficiency in Acraea encedon.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 2002;56(11):2290-5.
2002: Francis M Jiggins; Joanna K Bentley; Michael E N Majerus; Gregory D D Hurst
Recent changes in phenotype and patterns of host specialization in Wolbachia bacteria.
Molecular ecology 2002;11(8):1275-83.
2002: J Hinrich G v d Schulenburg; Gregory D D Hurst; Dagmar Tetzlaff; Gwendolen E Booth; Ilia A Zakharov; Michael E N Majerus
History of infection with different male-killing bacteria in the two-spot ladybird beetle Adalia bipunctata revealed through mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis.
Genetics 2002;160(3):1075-86.
2001: Francis M Jiggins; JH von der Schulenburg; Gregory D D Hurst; Michael E N Majerus
Recombination confounds interpretations of Wolbachia evolution.
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 2001;268(1474):1423-7.
2001: Francis M Jiggins; Joanna K Bentley; Michael E N Majerus; Gregory D D Hurst
How many species are infected with Wolbachia? Cryptic sex ratio distorters revealed to be common by intensive sampling.
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 2001;268(1472):1123-6.
2001: JH von der Schulenburg; John Hancock; A Pagnamenta; J J Sloggett; Michael E N Majerus; Gregory D D Hurst
Extreme length and length variation in the first ribosomal internal transcribed spacer of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).
Molecular biology and evolution 2001;18(4):648-60.
2001: Francis M Jiggins; Gregory D D Hurst; JH Schulenburg; Michael E N Majerus
Two male-killing Wolbachia strains coexist within a population of the butterfly Acraea encedon.
Heredity 2001;86(Pt 2):161-6.
2001: JH von der Schulenburg; M Habig; J J Sloggett; K Mary Webberley; D Bertrand; Gregory D D Hurst; Michael E N Majerus
Incidence of male-killing Rickettsia spp. (alpha-proteobacteria) in the ten-spot ladybird beetle Adalia decempunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).
Applied and environmental microbiology 2001;67(1):270-7.
2000: Michael E N Majerus; Ilia A Zakharov
Does thermal melanism maintain melanic polymorphism in the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)?
Zhurnal obshcheĭ biologii 2000;61(4):381-92.
2000: Michael E N Majerus; J Hinrich; G V Schulenburg; Ilia A Zakharov
Multiple causes of male-killing in a single sample of the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: coccinellidae) from Moscow.
Heredity 2000;84 ( Pt 5)():605-9.
2000: Francis M Jiggins; Gregory D D Hurst; C D Jiggins; J H v d Schulenburg; Michael E N Majerus
The butterfly Danaus chrysippus is infected by a male-killing Spiroplasma bacterium.
Parasitology 2000;120 ( Pt 5)():439-46.
2000: JH Schulenburg; Gregory D D Hurst; T M Huigens; M M van Meer; Francis M Jiggins; Michael E N Majerus
Molecular evolution and phylogenetic utility of Wolbachia ftsZ and wsp gene sequences with special reference to the origin of male-killing.
Molecular biology and evolution 2000;17(4):584-600.
2000: Francis M Jiggins; Gregory D D Hurst; Michael E N Majerus
Sex-ratio-distorting Wolbachia causes sex-role reversal in its butterfly host.
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 2000;267(1438):69-73.
1999: T M Majerus; J H Graf von der Schulenburg; Michael E N Majerus; Gregory D D Hurst
Molecular identification of a male-killing agent in the ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).
Insect molecular biology 1999;8(4):551-5.
1999: Ilia A Zakharov; Nataly S Zinkevich; E V Shaĭkevich; L V Vysotskaia; ChM Dorzhu; Michael E N Majerus
[Sex ratio and male killing in Siberian populations of Harmonia axyridis (Pass.)].
Genetika 1999;35(6):771-6.
1999: Gregory D D Hurst; Claudio Bandi; Luciano Sacchi; A G Cochrane; D Bertrand; I Karaca; Michael E N Majerus
Adonia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) bears maternally inherited flavobacteria that kill males only.
Parasitology 1999;118 ( Pt 2)():125-34.
1999: Gregory D D Hurst; J H Graf von der Schulenburg; T M Majerus; D Bertrand; Ilia A Zakharov; Jørgen Baungaard Hansen; W Völkl; R Stouthamer; Michael E N Majerus
Invasion of one insect species, Adalia bipunctata, by two different male-killing bacteria.
Insect molecular biology 1999;8(1):133-9.
1996: Gregory D D Hurst; T C Hammarton; J J Obrycki; T M Majerus; L E Walker; D Bertrand; Michael E N Majerus
Male-killing bacterium in a fifth ladybird beetle, Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera:Coccinellidae).
Heredity 1996;77 ( Pt 2)():177-85.
1994: John H Werren; Gregory D D Hurst; W Zhang; J A Breeuwer; R Stouthamer; Michael E N Majerus
Rickettsial relative associated with male killing in the ladybird beetle (Adalia bipunctata).
Journal of bacteriology 1994;176(2):388-94.
1992: G D Hurst; L D Hurst; Michael E N Majerus
Evolutionary genetics. Selfish genes move sideways.
Nature 1992;356(6371):659-60.
1988: P O'Donald; Michael E N Majerus
Frequency-dependent sexual selection.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 1988;319(1196):571-86.
1982: Michael E N Majerus; P O'Donald; J Weir
Female mating preference is genetic.
Nature 1982;300(5892):521-3.