Michael Majerus

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Michael Majerus is affiliated with the following schools: University of Oxford, University of Rochester, University of Cambridge, Royal Holloway, University of London

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According to Wikipedia, Michael Eugene Nicolas Majerus was a British geneticist and professor of evolution at the University of Cambridge. He was also a teaching fellow at Clare College, Cambridge. He was an enthusiast in Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and became a world authority in his field of insect evolutionary biology. He was widely noted for his work on moths and ladybirds and as an advocate of the science of evolution. He was also an enthusiastic educator and the author of several books on insects, evolution and sexual reproduction. He is best remembered as an ardent supporter and champion of experiments on peppered moth evolution.

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Melanism: Evolution in Action (1998) (500)
Male–killing Wolbachia in two species of insect (1999) (394)
Rickettsial relative associated with male killing in the ladybird beetle (Adalia bipunctata) (1994) (242)
Intraguild predation involving Harmonia axyridis: a review of current knowledge and future perspectives (2008) (225)
Sex-ratio-distorting Wolbachia causes sex-role reversal in its butterfly host (2000) (220)
Why do maternally inherited microorganisms kill males? (1993) (179)
The potential impacts of the arrival of the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), in Britain (2006) (171)
Invasion of one insect species, Adalia bipunctata, by two different male‐killing bacteria (1999) (166)
Sexually transmitted disease in a promiscuous insect, Adalia bipunctata (1995) (163)
The butterfly Danaus chrysippus is infected by a male-killing Spiroplasma bacterium (2000) (154)
Tri-trophic interactions involving pest aphids, predatory 2-spot ladybirds and transgenic potatoes expressing snowdrop lectin for aphid resistance (2004) (150)
Intraguild predation of immature stages of British and Japanese coccinellids by the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis (2008) (148)
Mammalian melanism: natural selection in black and white. (2003) (133)
Female mating preference is genetic (1982) (131)
Extreme length and length variation in the first ribosomal internal transcribed spacer of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). (2001) (127)
Recombination confounds interpretations of Wolbachia evolution (2001) (114)
Sex ratio distortion in Acraea encedon (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) is caused by a male-killing bacterium (1998) (112)
Harmonia axyridis in Great Britain: analysis of the spread and distribution of a non-native coccinellid (2008) (111)
How many species are infected with Wolbachia? Cryptic sex ratio distorters revealed to be common by intensive sampling (2001) (109)
Interactions between the fungal pathogen Beauveria bassiana and three species of coccinellid: Harmonia axyridis, Coccinella septempunctata and Adaliabipunctata (2008) (105)
Adonia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) bears maternally inherited Flavobacteria that kill males only (1999) (104)
Incidence of Male-Killing Rickettsiaspp. (α-Proteobacteria) in the Ten-Spot Ladybird BeetleAdalia decempunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (2001) (95)
Molecular identification of a male‐killing agent in the ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (1999) (86)
Habitat preferences and diet in the predatory Coccinellidae (Coleoptera): an evolutionary perspective (2000) (85)
Genetics and evolution of female choice (1986) (80)
Extreme variation in the prevalence of inherited male-killing microorganisms between three populations of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (1998) (79)
Interactions between ants and aphidophagous and coccidophagous ladybirds (2006) (78)
Cytoplasmic male killing elements in Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (1992) (78)
Evidence for preferential mating in Adalia bipunctata (1982) (77)
Current and potential management strategies against Harmonia axyridis (2008) (76)
History of infection with different male-killing bacteria in the two-spot ladybird beetle Adalia bipunctata revealed through mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis. (2002) (75)
Two male-killing Wolbachia strains coexist within a population of the butterfly Acraea encedon (2001) (75)
A new male-killing parasitism: Spiroplasma bacteria infect the ladybird beetle Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (2006) (75)
Multiple causes of male-killing in a single sample of the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Moscow (2000) (73)
Ultraviolet colours in butterflies: intra- or inter-specific communication? (1995) (73)
HARMONIA AXYRIDIS: A SUCCESSFUL BIOCONTROL AGENT OR AN INVASIVE THREAT? (2006) (71)
The diversity of inherited parasites of insects : the male-killing agent of the ladybird beetle Coleomegilla maculata is a member of the Flavobacteria (1997) (71)
The genetics and evolution of female choice. (1986) (68)
The understanding of industrial melanism in the peppered moth (Biston betularia) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) (1987) (68)
Inherited Microorganisms That Selectively Kill Male Hosts: The Hidden Players Of Insect Evolution? (2003) (65)
Effects of competition, cannibalism and intra‐guild predation on larval development of the European coccinellid Adalia bipunctata and the invasive species Harmonia axyridis (2009) (64)
Industrial Melanism in the Peppered Moth, Biston betularia: An Excellent Teaching Example of Darwinian Evolution in Action (2009) (61)
Molecular evolution and phylogenetic utility of Wolbachia ftsZ and wsp gene sequences with special reference to the origin of male-killing. (2000) (59)
Recent changes in phenotype and patterns of host specialization in Wolbachia bacteria (2002) (59)
Bitrophic and tritrophic effects of Bt Cry3A transgenic potato on beneficial, non-target, beetles (2007) (58)
Sex Wars: Genes, Bacteria, and Biased Sex Ratios (2003) (57)
Host reproduction and a sexually transmitted disease: causes and consequences of Coccipolipus hippodamiae distribution on coccinellid beetles (2004) (55)
Characterisation of the mid-gut digestive proteinase activity of the two-spot ladybird (Adalia bipunctata L.) and its sensitivity to proteinase inhibitors (1998) (53)
Interactions between the parasitoid wasp Dinocampus coccinellae and two species of coccinellid from Japan and Britain (2008) (50)
Lack of parasite-mediated sexual selection in a ladybird/sexually transmitted disease system (2002) (50)
The importance of cytoplasmic male killing elements in natural populations of the two spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (1993) (49)
Small steps or giant leaps for male-killers? Phylogenetic constraints to male-killer host shifts (2007) (49)
Adaptations of Coccinella magnifica Redtenbacher, a Myrmecophilous Coccinellid, to Aggression by Wood Ants (Formica rufa Group). I. Adult Behavioral Adaptation, Its Ecological Context and Evolution (1998) (49)
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.) (2003) (47)
Ladybirds as a model system for the study of male-killing symbionts (1997) (47)
Aphid‐mediated coexistence of ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and the wood ant Formica rufa: seasonal effects, interspecific variability and the evolution of a coccinellid myrmecophile. (2000) (47)
Female multiple mating in wild and laboratory populations of the two‐spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (2008) (47)
HOW CAN SEX RATIO DISTORTERS REACH EXTREME PREVALENCES? MALE‐KILLING WOLBACHIA ARE NOT SUPPRESSED AND HAVE NEAR‐PERFECT VERTICAL TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY IN ACRAEA ENCEDON (2002) (46)
Initial Mate Recognition in the British Cabbage Butterfly, Pieris rapae rapae (2000) (45)
Intergenomic Arms Races: Detection of a Nuclear Rescue Gene of Male-Killing in a Ladybird (2010) (45)
Male-killing bacterium in a fifth ladybird beetle, Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (1996) (43)
Ant defence of colonies of Aphis fabae Scopoli (Hemiptera: Aphididae), against predation by ladybirds (1993) (42)
Adaptations of Coccinella magnifica, a myrmecophilous coccinellid to aggression by wood ants (Formica rufa group). II. Larval behaviour, and ladybird oviposition location1 (2003) (39)
Selfish genes move sideways (1992) (37)
Chemical protection of Calvia quatuordecimguttata eggs against intraguild predation by the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis (2008) (37)
The effect of infection with male-killing Rickettsia on the demography of female Adalia bipunctata L. (two spot ladybird) (1994) (36)
The effect of moth trap type on catch size and composition in British Lepidoptera (2007) (34)
Polymorphism of melanic ladybirds maintained by frequency-dependent sexual selection (1984) (32)
Sexual selection and the evolution of preferential mating in ladybirds I. Selection for high and low lines of female preference (1985) (32)
The impact of male-killing bacteria on the evolution of aphidophagous coccinellids (2006) (32)
HOW CAN SEX RATIO DISTORTERS REACH EXTREME PREVALENCES? MALE-KILLING WOLBACHIA ARE NOT SUPPRESSED AND HAVE NEAR-PERFECT VERTICAL TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY IN ACRAEA ENCEDON (2002) (31)
Coccinella magnifica (Redtenbacher): a myrmecophilous ladybird (1989) (27)
Evolution: The Four Billion Year War (1996) (27)
Temporal effects of multiple mating on components of fitness in the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (2007) (26)
Potential role of the sexually transmitted mite Coccipolipus hippodamiae in controlling populations of the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis (2010) (25)
Adaptive preferential selection of female coccinellid hosts by the parasitoid wasp Dinocampus coccinellae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) (2000) (25)
Discovery and identification of a male-killing agent in the Japanese ladybird Propylea japonica (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (2010) (25)
Ladybirds as teaching aids: 1 Collecting and culturing (1989) (24)
The ant-associations and diet of the ladybird Coccinella magnifica (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (2002) (24)
Spatial variation in the incidence of a sexually transmitted parasite of the ladybird beetle Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (2006) (24)
Population genetic theory of the assortative mating, sexual selection and natural selection of the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (1984) (24)
Non-random mating in Adalia bipunctata (the two-spot ladybird). III. New evidence of genetic preference (1992) (23)
How Common Are Meiotically Driving Sex Chromosomes in Insects? (1999) (22)
Effects of larval diet on female reproductive output of the European coccinellid Adalia bipunctata and the invasive species Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (2008) (21)
Parasitization of British ladybirds by Dinocampus coccinellae (Schrank) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) (1997) (21)
Scientific opportunities presented by the arrival of the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, in Britain (2005) (21)
Female‐biased sex ratio due to male‐killing in the Japanese ladybird Coccinula sinensis (2000) (20)
Problems and paradigms: Altering sex ratios: The games microbes play (1993) (19)
Evolution of male-killing Spiroplasma (Procaryotae: Mollicutes) inferred from ribosomal spacer sequences. (2000) (19)
Frequency-dependent sexual selection. (1988) (19)
Peppered moth revisited: analysis of recent decreases in melanic frequency and predictions for the future (1993) (17)
Study of anatomical changes in Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) induced by diet and by infection with the larva of Dinocampus coccinellae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) using magnetic resonance microimaging (2000) (17)
A Natural History of Ladybird Beetles (2016) (16)
Phoridae (Diptera) parasitising Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) (1994) (16)
Melanic polymorphism in the peppered moth, Biston betularia, and other Lepidoptera (1989) (15)
Male-killing in the Coccinellidae: testing the predictions (2011) (14)
Fine Tuning the Peppered Moth Paradigm@@@Melanism: Evolution in Action (1999) (14)
Coccinellids in a Changing World (2010) (13)
The peppered moth: decline of a Darwinian disciple. (2005) (12)
The effect of the coccinellid Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on transmission of the fungal pathogen Pandora neoaphidis (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) (2011) (12)
Male-killer dynamics in Danaus chrysippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in East Africa (2012) (11)
Phoridae (Diptera) parasitizing Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) select older prepupal hosts (1998) (11)
Interspecific hybridisation in ladybirds (Col.: Coccinellidae) (1997) (11)
Ladybird population explosions (1996) (11)
Does thermal melanism maintain melanic polymorphism in the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)? (2000) (10)
Intraguild predation of non-coccinellid aphid natural enemies by Harmonia axyridis: prey range and factors influencing intraguild predation (2010) (10)
Isolation and characterization of highly polymorphic microsatellite loci in the 2-Spot Ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (2002) (10)
Variation in male and female mating behaviour among different populations of the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (2013) (9)
[Sex ratio and male killing in Siberian populations of Harmonia axyridis (Pass.)]. (1999) (9)
Low parasitoid success on a myrmecophilous host is maintained in the absence of ants (2004) (9)
Two Strains of Male-Killing Wolbachia in a Ladybird, Coccinella undecimpunctata, from a Hot Climate (2013) (8)
The inheritance and maintenance of the melanic form nigrescens of Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Lepidoptera: Ennominae) (1981) (8)
Interspecific hybridisation in the coccinellids: some observations on an old controversy (1986) (7)
Some notes on the 18-spot ladybird lMyrrha 18-guttata Lpr lColeopterac Coccinellidaer (1988) (7)
Description and observations of two new species of Hemisarcoptidae from deutonymphs phoretic on Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) in Britain (1995) (6)
Ladybirds as Teaching Aids: 2. Potential for Practical and Project Work. (1989) (6)
Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) as vectors of mites (2013) (6)
Variation in ultraviolet wing patterns of brimstone butterflies from Madeira and the Canary Islands (1996) (6)
11. Sexual Selection Models And The Evolution Of Melanism In Ladybirds (1989) (5)
Phoridae parasitising Coccinellidae (1994) (5)
Non‐morph specific predation of peppered moths (Biston betularia) by bats (2008) (5)
The geographical distributions of ladybirds in Britain (1984-1989). (1990) (5)
Males of Dinocampus coccinellae (Schrank) (Hym.: Braconidae:Euphorinae) (1999) (5)
Evolutionary genetics. Selfish genes move sideways. (1992) (5)
The most northerly record of the harlequin ladybird (Col., Coccinellidae) in the British Isles. (2009) (5)
Inaccurate mate recognition as a mating strategy of a ‘pioneer male’ (2009) (5)
Genetic control of two melanic forms of Panolis flammea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) (1982) (5)
MRM, an Alternative Approach to the Study of Host/Parasitoid Relationships in Insects (2007) (4)
Lack of parasite mediated sexual selection in an insect-STD system (2002) (4)
How can sex ratio distorters reach extreme prevelence? A natural population is which male-killing Wolbachia have near perfect vertical transmission efficiency and are not supressed (2002) (4)
Weird genetics? Evolution and nonmendelian genes. (1993) (4)
The invasive coccinellid Harmonia axyridis as an intra-guild predator of the aphid-specific fungus Pandora neoaphidis (2007) (4)
Records of the host plants and clutch sizes of Acraea butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) (2003) (3)
A record of a rare male of the parthenogenetic parasitoid Dinocampus coccinellae (Schrank) (Hym.: Braconidae) (1998) (3)
The control of larval colour in Phlogophora meticulosa L. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and some of its consequences (1978) (3)
Predation of ladybirds (Coccinellidae) by other beetles (1998) (3)
Short distance form frequency differences in melanic Lepidoptera across habitat boundaries (1994) (3)
Factors affecting habitat preferences in the Lepidoptera (1994) (3)
The harlequin ladybird marches on (2008) (3)
New observations on the mites of the family Hemisarcoptidae (Acari: Astigmata) phoretic on Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) (1997) (2)
Inherited microorganisms that kill males (2003) (2)
Myrrha octodecimguttata (L.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a newly recorded host of Dinocampus coccinellae (Schrank) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). (2000) (2)
Chapter 147 – Ladybugs (2009) (2)
Is it just a coincidence that aposematic polymorphism and sex ratio distortion co-occur in a tropical butterfly? (2013) (2)
Ladybird beetle invasions : traits of invasive species (2010) (2)
Differential habitat selection in the Lepidoptera: a note on deciduous versus coniferous woodland habitat (1987) (2)
The inheritance of a melanic form of the 7 spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). (1998) (1)
AN OBSERVATION OF DIRECTIONAL ASYMMETRY IN WING SPOTS OF TWO ARCTIC BUTTERFLIES (COLIAS, PIERIDAE) (1999) (1)
Chapter 250 – Symbionts, Bacterial (2009) (1)
of Wolbachia evolution (2001) (1)
MORPH RATIO DYNAMICS UNDER MALE-KILLER INVASION: THE CASE OF THE TROPICAL BUTTERFLY ACRAEA ENCEDON (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE) (2013) (1)
What to tell Darwin about Darwinism (2008) (1)
Predation of Aphidecta obliterata (L.) (Col.: Coccinellidae) by rainbow trout Salmo irideus (1996) (1)
The Structure of Ladybirds (2016) (1)
Adonia variegata (Caleoptera: Coccinellidae) bears a maternally inheredited Flavobacteria that kills males only (1999) (1)
Industrial Melanism: A Classic Example of Another Kind?@@@Melanism: Evolution in Action (1999) (1)
Assessing the potential use of Coccipolipus hippodamiae, a sexually transmitted ecto-parasite, as a control agent of invasive populations of the ladybird Harmonia axyridis. (2010) (1)
Survival of ladybird hosts infected with phorid parasitoids (2000) (1)
Enhanced transmission of Pandora neoaphidis by the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis (2008) (1)
Potential impacts of Harmonia axyridis on functional biodiversity (2006) (1)
The 5 spot ladybird in Warwickshire (1990) (0)
Sex and Reproduction (2016) (0)
Reassessment of Sex Role-Reversal Hypothesis in the Tropical Butterfly Acraea encedon (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) (2013) (0)
Adaptive host choice by phorids parasitizing coccinellid pupae (1998) (0)
Feminist of bacteria of ladybird beetles (1994) (0)
Reassessment of Sex Role-Reversal Hypothesis in the Tropical Butterfly Acraea encedon (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) (2013) (0)
Chapter 132 – Industrial Melanism (2009) (0)
A guide to the ladybirds of the British Isles. Field guide (fold-out chart) (2006) (0)
Exposure to Beauveria bassiana reduces the fecundity of Harmonia axyridis (2007) (0)
UK Ladybird Survey Report (2009) (0)
Variation and Evolution in Ladybirds (2016) (0)
The rise and rise of the harlequin ladybird in Cambridgeshire (2008) (0)
The most northerly record of the harlequin ladybird in the British isles (2009) (0)
What Ladybirds Eat (2016) (0)
Distribution and identification of the harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis (2006) (0)
Ladybird recording in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (2006) (0)
Where Ladybirds Live (2016) (0)
Male-killing in the Coccinellidae: testing the predictions (2011) (0)
Interactions between Harmonia axyridis and two insect pathogenic fungi (2007) (0)
Ladybirds and People (2016) (0)
Editors' Foreword and Acknowledgements (2016) (0)
Description of a new form of Adalia bipunctata with notes on it's inheritance (1987) (0)
1 ~ THE ROYAL SOCIETY Male-killing Wolbachia i n two species of insect (2004) (0)
ERRATUM: HADDRILL P.R., SHUKER D.M., MAYES S. & MAJERUS M.E.N. 2007: Temporal effects of multiple mating on components of fitness in the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Eur. J. Entomol. 104(3): 393-398. (2010) (0)

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