Publications

Sun, W., Lange, M. I., Gadau, J., & Buellesbach, J. (2023). Decoding the genetic and chemical basis of sexual attractiveness in parasitic wasps. eLife, 12, e86182.
Wang, Y., Sun, W., Fleischmann, S., Millar, J. G., Ruther, J., & Verhulst, E. C. (2022). Silencing Doublesex expression triggers three-level pheromonal feminization in Nasonia vitripennis males. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289(1967), 20212002.

Sun, W., Clinder, C., Errbii, M., Schrader, L., Gadau, J., & Buellesbach, J. The impact of a fatty acid synthase gene in regulating a complex dual trait essential for survival and sexual communication. bioRxiv (2025). Under review (Proceedings of the Royal Society B).
Sun, W., Fischer, M., Tzipin, A., Privman, E., Gadau, J., & Buellesbach, J. Genomic architecture of species-specific sex pheromone variation and mate choice. bioRxiv (2025). Under review (PLoS Genetics).

Sun, W., Gadau, J., & Buellesbach, J. Conserved genes, divergent functions: elongases mediate cuticular hydrocarbon diversity and sexual signaling in parasitic wasps.
Williams, A., Sun, W., Guerra, F., Buellesbach, J., & Verhulst, E. Decoding sexual dimorphism in cuticular hydrocarbon pheromones by fatty acyl-CoA reductases in Nasonia.

Presentation and poster

Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution (SMBE), 2025, China. “Genetic architecture of pheromone variation and prezygotic isolation in two parasitoid wasp species”.
Münster Evolution Meeting (MEM), 2025, Germany. “Genetic architecture of pheromone variation and prezygotic isolation in two parasitoid wasp species”.
Münster Evolution Meeting (MEM), 2023, Germany. “Genetic underpinnings of species-specific sexual signaling mechanisms in parasitoid wasps”.
International Society of Chemical Ecology meeting (ISCE), 2022, Malaysia. “Decoding the genetic and chemical basis of sexual attractiveness in parasitoid wasps”.
Annual Meeting of the Netherlands Entomological Society (Entomologendag), 2018, Netherlands. “Doublesex controls pheromone production and mating behaviour in Nasonia vitripennis”.

Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), 2025, Germany. “Decoding Sexual Attractiveness: Genetic, Chemical, Biosynthetic and Behavioral Basis of Sexual Signaling Evolution in Parasitic Wasps”.
European Society of Evolutionary Biology meeting (ESEB), 2022, Czech Republic. “Genetic underpinnings of species-specific sexual signaling mechanisms in parasitoid wasps”.