Curriculum Vitae & Publications
Luke Holman
Curriculum vitae
Marie Cure fellow, Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen
“The Chemical Code of Cooperation, Conflict and Competition” With Patrizia d’Ettorre
Post-doctoral researcher, Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen
“Identification and evolution of ant queen pheromones” With Patrizia d’Ettorre
PhD student, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
“The evolution of sperm and spermicide in Drosophila” With Rhonda Snook.
Bachelor’s degree in Zoology, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield. Thesis:
“Terminal investment in sex pheromones in mealworm beetles beetles”. With Mike Siva-Jothy.
Publications
- Bos, N., L. Grinsted & Holman, L.. Wax on, wax off: Nest soil facilitates indirect transfer of recognition cues between ant nestmates. In press, PLoS One.
- Boomsma, J.J., M. Beekman, C.K. Cornwallis, A, S. Griffin, Holman, L., W.O.H. Hughes, L. Keller, B. Oldroyd & F.L.W. Ratnieks (2011) Eusociality evolved in full sib families only. Nature 471: E4-E5.
- Holman, L. 2010 Queen pheromones: The chemical crown governing insect social life. Communicative and Integrative Biology 3: 1-3.
- Holman, L., Jørgensen, C. G., Nielsen, J. & d'Ettorre, P. 2010 Identification of an ant queen pheromone regulating worker sterility. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 277: 3793-3800.
- Holman, L., Dreier, S. & d'Ettorre, P. 2010 Selfish strategies and honest signalling: reproductive conflicts in ant queen associations. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 277: 2007-2015.
- Holman, L. 2009. Sperm viability staining in ecology and evolution: potential pitfalls. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 63: 1679-1688.
- Holman, L. 2009. Drosophila melanogaster seminal fluid can protect the sperm of other males. Functional Ecology 23: 180-186.
- Holman, L. & Snook, R.R. 2008. A sterile sperm caste protects brother fertile sperm from female-mediated death in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Current Biology 18: 292-296.
- Holman, L., Freckleton, R.P. & Snook, R.R. 2008. What use is an infertile sperm? A comparative study of sperm-heteromorphic Drosophila. Evolution 62: 374-385.
- Holman, L. & Snook, R.R. 2006. Spermicide, cryptic female choice and the evolution of sperm form and function. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 1660-1670.
- Sadd, B., Holman, L., Armitage, H., Lock, F., Marland, R. & Siva-Jothy, M.T. 2006. Modulation of sexual signalling by immune challenged male mealworm beetles (Tenebrio molitor, L.): evidence for terminal investment and dishonesty. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 321-325.