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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!
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Here's a summary of our lab's research interests by Wordle. Click on it to enlarge. |
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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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● Drosophila We also work with Drosophila from time to time.
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● Bruchid beetles We use the tiny grain beetle Callosobruchus maculatus in research on genetics and genital evolution. The photo on the right shows the spines inside the male aedeagus, which are everted during mating (Photo: Luis Cayetano).
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● Crickets We have used the Australian black field cricket Teleogryllus commodus to investigate differences between the sexes in the effects of dietary nutrients and in reproductive scheduling, lifespan and ageing in lab and field (Photo: Felix Zajitschek).
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