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Evolution of female choice under intralocus sexual conflict and genotype-by-environment interactions (2018)
Journal Article
Li, X.-Y., & Holman, L. (2018). Evolution of female choice under intralocus sexual conflict and genotype-by-environment interactions. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 373(1757), 20170425. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0425

In many species, females are hypothesized to obtain ‘good genes’ for their offspring by mating with males in good condition. However, female preferences might deplete genetic variance and make choice redundant. Additionally, high-condition males some... Read More about Evolution of female choice under intralocus sexual conflict and genotype-by-environment interactions.

Queen pheromones and reproductive division of labor: a meta-analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Holman, L. (2018). Queen pheromones and reproductive division of labor: a meta-analysis. Behavioral Ecology, 29(6), 1199–1209. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ary023

Our understanding of chemical communication between social insect queens and workers has advanced rapidly in recent years. Several studies have identified chemicals produced by queens and other fertile females that apparently induce sterility in othe... Read More about Queen pheromones and reproductive division of labor: a meta-analysis.

The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? (2018)
Journal Article
Holman, L., Stuart-Fox, D., & Hauser, C. E. (2018). The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented?. PLOS Biology, 16(4), Article e2004956. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2004956

Women comprise a minority of the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) workforce. Quantifying the gender gap may identify fields that will not reach parity without intervention, reveal underappreciated biases, and inform... Read More about The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented?.

Building a new research framework for social evolution: intralocus caste antagonism (2018)
Journal Article
Pennell, T. M., Holman, L., Morrow, E. H., & Field, J. (2018). Building a new research framework for social evolution: intralocus caste antagonism. Biological Reviews, 93(2), 1251-1268. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12394

The breeding and non‐breeding ‘castes’ of eusocial insects provide a striking example of role‐specific selection, where each caste maximises fitness through different morphological, behavioural and physiological trait values. Typically, queens are lo... Read More about Building a new research framework for social evolution: intralocus caste antagonism.