University of Groningen Identification and evolution of a novel instructor gene of sex determination in the haplodiploid wasp Nasonia Zou, Yuan

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University of Groningen

Identification and evolution of a novel instructor gene of sex determination in the haplodiploid

wasp Nasonia

Zou, Yuan

DOI:

10.33612/diss.134366133

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Zou, Y. (2020). Identification and evolution of a novel instructor gene of sex determination in the haplodiploid wasp Nasonia. University of Groningen. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.134366133

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Identification and evolution of a

novel instructor gene of sex

determination in the haplodiploid

wasp Nasonia

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The research described in this thesis was carried out in the Evolutionary Genetics group at the Centre for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies (CEES) and from 2015 onwards known as the Gronigen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES) of the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, according to the requirements of the Graduate school of Science (Faculty of Science and Eegineering, University of Groningen).

This work was funded by Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research to Leo W. Beukeboom (NWO TOP grant no. 854.10.001) and China Scholarship Council to Yuan Zou (CSC no. 201506240202). The printing of this thesis was supported by the University of Groningen and the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

Beautiful cover design: Xuan Li Layout: Yuan Zou

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Identification and evolution of a

novel instructor gene of sex

determination in the haplodiploid

wasp Nasonia

PhD thesis

to obtain the degree of PhD at the University of Groningen on

the authority of the

Rector Magnificus Prof. C. Wijmenga and in accordance with the decision by

the College of Deans.

This thesis will be defended in public on

Tuesday 13 October at 12.45 hours by

Yuan Zou

born on 9 November 1989 in Sichuan

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Supervisor

Prof. L.W. Beukeboom

Co-supervisor

Dr. L. van de Zande

Assessment Committee

Prof. B. Wertheim

Prof. G. Saccone

Prof. Y. Huang

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University of Groningen Identification and evolution of a novel instructor gene of sex determination in the haplodiploid wasp Nasonia Zou, Yuan