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● Evolutionary theory ● Phenotypic plasticity ● Non-mendelian and nongenetic inheritance ● Sexual selection and conflict ● Ageing
Russell Bonduriansky - Principal Investigator
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News
● Russell recently attended a meeting on the evolution of genomic imprinting at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in the US.
● Congratulations to Dr Angela Crean on winning an ARC DECRA fellowship and research grant!
● Congratulations to Eleanor Bath on winning the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship! She will be heading to Oxford University for PhD studies.
● Congratulations to Margo Adler on winning the Best Talk award at the recent Postgraduate Research Forum!
● Elizabeth Cassidy gave a talk at the meeting of the Australasian Evolution Society in Townsville. Margo Adler, Angela Crean and Russell Bonduriansky presented their research at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology meeting in Germany. Angela also presented at the European Science Foundation Conference on Epigenetics in Spain. |
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Study Organisms (Click on the photos for information, pictures and videos) Telostylinus angusticollis and T. lineolatus are large, stilt-legged flies that breed in rotting vegetation. These species exhibit pronounced sexual dimorphism in body size and shape. |
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● Piophilid flies Piophilidae are small carrion flies, most famously represented by the 'cheese skipper' Piophila casei. One very peculiar species, the 'antler fly' Protopiophila litigata, which is native to Canada, is remarkable for its specialization on discarded cervid antlers, and has become a key model for research on ageing in wild insects. |
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Another interesting species, Prochyliza xanthostoma, exhibits pronounced sexual dimorphism in body shape, and fascinating sexual behaviours. |
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● Other systems We use a variety of other animals in our research, such as the Australian black field cricket Teleogryllus commodus, the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus, and Drosophila.
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