Professor Russell Bonduriansky

Professor Russell Bonduriansky

Professor

PhD: University of Toronto

BSc, MSc: University of Guelph

Science
School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences

I am an evolutionary ecologist. I was born in Ukraine, and completed my PhD at the University of Toronto in 2004. Later that year, I joined the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at UNSW.

Research keywords: evolution, ecology, sexual selection, plasticity, life history, genetics, insects

 

Phone
+61 2 9385 3439
Location
Room 5101, Biological Sciences South (E26)
  • Books | 2018
    Bonduriansky R; Day T, 2018, Extended Heredity A New Understanding of Inheritance and Evolution
    Books | 2018
    Bonduriansky R; Day T, 2018, Extended Heredity, Princeton University Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc77mbg
    Books | 2018
    Bonduriansky R; Day T, 2018, Extended Heredity, Princeton University Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/9781400890156
    Books | 2014
    2014, Quantitative Genetics in the Wild, Charmantier A; Garant D; Kruuk LEB, (eds.), Oxford University PressOxford, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199674237.001.0001
  • Book Chapters | 2021
    Bonduriansky R, 2021, 'Plasticity across Generations', in Phenotypic Plasticity & Evolution, CRC Press, pp. 327 - 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429343001-17
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Zajitschek F; Bonduriansky R, 2014, 'Quantitative genetics of wild populations of arthropods', in Charmantier A; Garant D; Kruuk LEB (ed.), Quantitative Genetics in the Wild, Oxford University Press, pp. 147 - 159, http://www.oup.com.au/titles/higher_ed/science/biological_sciences/9780199674244
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Bonduriansky R, 2010, 'Sexual conflict', in Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (eLS), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0003669.pub2
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Pizzari T; Bonduriansky R, 2010, 'Sexual behaviour: conflict, cooperation and co-evolution', in Szekely T; Moore AJ; Komdeur J (ed.), Social Behaviour: genes, ecology and evolution, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 230 - 266
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Bonduriansky R, 2007, 'The genetic architecture of sexual dimorphism: the potentialroles of genomic imprinting and condition-dependence', in Fairbairn DJ; Blanckenhorn WU; Szekely T (ed.), Sex, Size and Gender Roles, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 176 - 184
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Crino OL; Bonduriansky R; Martin LB; Noble DWA, 2023, 'A conceptual framework for understanding stress-induced physiological and transgenerational effects on population responses to climate change', Evolution Letters, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrad037
    Journal articles | 2023
    Miller SM; Stuart KC; Burke NW; Rollins LA; Bonduriansky R, 2023, 'Genetic and Phenotypic Consequences of Local Transitions between Sexual and Parthenogenetic Reproduction in the Wild', The American Naturalist, pp. 000 - 000, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/727511
    Journal articles | 2023
    Piper MDW; Zanco B; Sgrò CM; Adler MI; Mirth CK; Bonduriansky R, 2023, 'Dietary restriction and lifespan: adaptive reallocation or somatic sacrifice?', FEBS Journal, 290, pp. 1725 - 1734, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/febs.16463
    Journal articles | 2023
    Zajitschek F; Zajitschek SRK; Vasconcelos ACO; Bonduriansky R, 2023, 'Dietary restriction fails to extend life in stressful environments', Functional Ecology, 37, pp. 2459 - 2470, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14389
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bonduriansky R, 2022, 'Exoskeleton ageing and its relation to longevity and fecundity in female Australian leaf insects (Phyllium monteithi)', Australian Journal of Zoology
    Journal articles | 2022
    Burke NW; Bonduriansky R, 2022, 'Sexually but not parthenogenetically produced females benefit from mating in a stick insect', Functional Ecology, 36, pp. 2001 - 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14095
    Journal articles | 2022
    Hooper AK; Bonduriansky R, 2022, 'Effects of genetic vs. environmental quality on condition-dependent morphological and life history traits in a neriid fly', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 35, pp. 803 - 816, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14014
    Journal articles | 2022
    Macartney EL; Bonduriansky R, 2022, 'Does female resistance to mating select for live-fast-die-young strategies in males? A comparative analysis in the genus Drosophila', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 35, pp. 192 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13937
    Journal articles | 2022
    Macartney EL; Crean AJ; Bonduriansky R, 2022, 'Parental dietary protein effects on offspring viability in insects and other oviparous invertebrates: a meta-analysis', Current Research in Insect Science, 2, pp. 100045 - 100045, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cris.2022.100045
    Journal articles | 2022
    Promislow DEL; Flatt T; Bonduriansky R, 2022, 'The Biology of Aging in Insects: From Drosophila to Other Insects and Back', Annual Review of Entomology, 67, pp. 83 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-061621-064341
    Journal articles | 2021
    Edelaar P; Bonduriansky R; Charmantier A; Danchin E; Pujol B, 2021, 'Response to Kalchhauser et al.: Inherited Gene Regulation Is not Enough to Understand Nongenetic Inheritance', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 36, pp. 475 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.03.002
    Journal articles | 2021
    Macartney EL; Zeender V; Meena A; De Nardo AN; Bonduriansky R; Lüpold S, 2021, 'Sperm depletion in relation to developmental nutrition and genotype in Drosophila melanogaster', Evolution, 75, pp. 2830 - 2841, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.14373
    Journal articles | 2021
    Wylde Z; Bonduriansky R, 2021, 'A comparison of two methods for estimating measurement repeatability in morphometric studies', Ecology and Evolution, 11, pp. 763 - 770, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7032
    Journal articles | 2020
    Angell CS; Oudin MJ; Rode NO; Mautz BS; Bonduriansky R; Rundle HD, 2020, 'Development time mediates the effect of larval diet on ageing and mating success of male antler flies in the wild', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1876
    Journal articles | 2020
    Macartney EL; Bonduriansky R; Crean AJ, 2020, 'Frequent mating reduces male mating rate but not offspring quality or quantity in a neriid fly', Evolutionary Ecology, 34, pp. 915 - 927, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10682-020-10076-8
    Journal articles | 2020
    Rutkowska J; Lagisz M; Bonduriansky R; Nakagawa S, 2020, 'Mapping the past, present and future research landscape of paternal effects', BMC Biology, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-00892-3
    Journal articles | 2020
    Wylde Z; Bonduriansky R, 2020, 'A comparison of two methods for estimating measurement repeatability in morphometric studies', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.07.083428
    Journal articles | 2020
    Wylde Z; Bonduriansky R, 2020, 'Condition dependence of phenotypic integration and the evolvability of genitalic traits in a neriid fly', Biology Letters, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0124
    Journal articles | 2020
    Wylde Z; Crean A; Bonduriansky R, 2020, 'Effects of condition and sperm competition risk on sperm allocation and storage in neriid flies', Behavioral Ecology, 31, pp. 202 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz178
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zajitschek F; Zajitschek S; Bonduriansky R, 2020, 'Senescence in wild insects: Key questions and challenges', Functional Ecology, 34, pp. 26 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13399
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zajitschek SRK; Zajitschek F; Bonduriansky R; Brooks RC; Cornwell W; Falster DS; Lagisz M; Mason J; Senior AM; Noble DAW; Nakagawa S, 2020, 'Sex and Power: sexual dimorphism in trait variability and its eco-evolutionary and statistical implications', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.23.106146
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zajitschek SRK; Zajitschek F; Bonduriansky R; Brooks RC; Cornwell W; Falster DS; Lagisz M; Mason J; Senior AM; Noble DWA; Nakagawa S, 2020, 'Sexual dimorphism in trait variability and its eco-evolutionary and statistical implications', eLife, 9, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.63170
    Journal articles | 2019
    Burke NW; Bonduriansky R, 2019, 'Correction to: The geography of sex: Sexual conflict, environmental gradients and local loss of sex in facultatively parthenogenetic animals (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2018) 373 (20170422) DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0422)', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0001
    Journal articles | 2019
    Burke NW; Bonduriansky R, 2019, 'Exposure to juvenile males during development suppresses female capacity for parthenogenesis in a stick insect', Animal Behaviour, 154, pp. 85 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.06.016
    Journal articles | 2019
    Burke NW; Bonduriansky R, 2019, 'The paradox of obligate sex: The roles of sexual conflict and mate scarcity in transitions to facultative and obligate asexuality', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 32, pp. 1230 - 1241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13523
    Journal articles | 2019
    Burke NW; Nakagawa S; Bonduriansky R, 2019, 'Sexual conflict mediated by ecological sex differences can generate diverse patterns of transgenerational plasticity', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/846287
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hooper AK; Bonduriansky R, 2019, 'Effects of larval diet quality on the growth and development of immature stages of Telostylinus angusticollis (Diptera: Neriidae)', Australian Journal of Zoology, 66, pp. 369 - 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO19021
    Journal articles | 2019
    Macartney EL; Crean AJ; Nakagawa S; Bonduriansky R, 2019, 'Effects of nutrient limitation on sperm and seminal fluid: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Biological Reviews, 94, pp. 1722 - 1739, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12524
    Journal articles | 2019
    Mautz BS; Rode NO; Bonduriansky R; Rundle HD, 2019, 'Comparing ageing and the effects of diet supplementation in wild vs. captive antler flies, Protopiophila litigata', Journal of Animal Ecology, 88, pp. 1913 - 1924, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13079
    Journal articles | 2019
    Wylde Z; Adler L; Crean A; Bonduriansky R, 2019, 'Perceived dominance status affects chemical signalling in the neriid fly Telostylinus angusticollis', Animal Behaviour, 158, pp. 161 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.10.013
    Journal articles | 2019
    Wylde Z; Spagopoulou F; Hooper AK; Maklakov AA; Bonduriansky R, 2019, 'Parental breeding age effects on descendants' longevity interact over 2 generations in matrilines and patrilines', PLOS BIOLOGY, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000556
    Journal articles | 2019
    Wylde Z; Spagopoulou F; Hooper AK; Maklakov AA; Bonduriansky R, 2019, 'Parental breeding age effects on descendants' longevity interact over 2 generations in matrilines and patrilines', PLoS Biology, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000556
    Journal articles | 2018
    Allen SL; Bonduriansky R; Chenoweth SF, 2018, 'Genetic constraints on microevolutionary divergence of sex-biased gene expression', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0427
    Journal articles | 2018
    Bonduriansky R; Crean AJ, 2018, 'What are parental condition-transfer effects and how can they be detected?', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9, pp. 450 - 456, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12848
    Journal articles | 2018
    Burke NW; Bonduriansky R, 2018, 'The fitness effects of delayed switching to sex in a facultatively asexual insect', Ecology and Evolution, 8, pp. 2698 - 2711, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3895
    Journal articles | 2018
    Burke NW; Bonduriansky R, 2018, 'The geography of sex: Sexual conflict, environmental gradients and local loss of sex in facultatively parthenogenetic animals', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0422
    Journal articles | 2018
    Hooper AK; Lehtonen J; Schwanz LE; Bonduriansky R, 2018, 'Sexual competition and the evolution of condition-dependent ageing', Evolution Letters, 2, pp. 37 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/evl3.36
    Journal articles | 2018
    Macartney EL; Crean AJ; Bonduriansky R, 2018, 'Epigenetic paternal effects as costly, condition-dependent traits', Heredity, 121, pp. 248 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41437-018-0096-8
    Journal articles | 2018
    Macartney EL; Nicovich PR; Bonduriansky R; Crean AJ, 2018, 'Developmental diet irreversibly shapes male post-copulatory traits in the neriid fly Telostylinus angusticollis', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 31, pp. 1894 - 1902, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13384
    Journal articles | 2017
    Allen SL; Bonduriansky R; Sgro CM; Chenoweth SF, 2017, 'Sex-biased transcriptome divergence along a latitudinal gradient', Molecular Ecology, 26, pp. 1256 - 1272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.14015
    Journal articles | 2017
    Bonduriansky R, 2017, 'Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life. Revised Edition. Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology. By Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb; illustrated by Anna Zeligowski. A Bradford Book. Cambridge (Massachusetts): MIT Press. $29.95 (paper). xii + 563 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-262-52584-8. 2014.', The Quarterly Review of Biology, 92, pp. 95 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/690868
    Journal articles | 2017
    Burke NW; Bonduriansky R, 2017, 'Sexual Conflict, Facultative Asexuality, and the True Paradox of Sex', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32, pp. 646 - 652, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.06.002
    Journal articles | 2017
    Hooper AK; Spagopoulou F; Wylde Z; Maklakov AA; Bonduriansky R, 2017, 'Ontogenetic timing as a condition-dependent life history trait: High-condition males develop quickly, peak early, and age fast', Evolution, 71, pp. 671 - 685, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.13172
    Journal articles | 2017
    Macartney EL; Crean AJ; Bonduriansky R, 2017, 'Adult dietary protein has age- and context-dependent effects on male post-copulatory performance', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30, pp. 1633 - 1643, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13087
    Journal articles | 2016
    Adler MI; Telford M; Bonduriansky R, 2016, 'Phenotypes optimized for early-life reproduction exhibit faster somatic deterioration with age, revealing a latent cost of high condition', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29, pp. 2436 - 2446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12968
    Journal articles | 2016
    Bonduriansky R; Runagall-McNaull A; Crean AJ, 2016, 'The nutritional geometry of parental effects: maternal and paternal macronutrient consumption and offspring phenotype in a neriid fly', Functional Ecology, 30, pp. 1675 - 1686, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12643
    Journal articles | 2016
    Bonduriansky R, 2016, 'Sexual Conflict', eLS, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0003669.pub3
    Journal articles | 2016
    Crean AJ; Adler MI; Bonduriansky R, 2016, 'Seminal Fluid and Mate Choice: New Predictions', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31, pp. 253 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.004
    Journal articles | 2015
    Bonduriansky R; Mallet MA; Arbuthnott D; Pawlowsky-Glahn V; Egozcue JJ; Rundle HD, 2015, 'Differential effects of genetic vs. environmental quality in Drosophila melanogaster suggest multiple forms of condition dependence', Ecology Letters, 18, pp. 317 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12412
    Journal articles | 2015
    Bonduriansky R, 2015, 'The evolution of insect mating systems, thirty years after', Evolution, 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.12647
    Journal articles | 2015
    Burke NW; Crean AJ; Bonduriansky R, 2015, 'The role of sexual conflict in the evolution of facultative parthenogenesis: A study on the spiny leaf stick insect', Animal Behaviour, 101, pp. 117 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.12.017
    Journal articles | 2015
    Cayetano L; Bonduriansky R, 2015, 'Condition dependence of male and female genital structures in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28, pp. 1364 - 1372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12659
    Journal articles | 2015
    Fricke C; Adler MI; Brooks RC; Bonduriansky R, 2015, 'The complexity of male reproductive success: Effects of nutrition, morphology, and experience', Behavioral Ecology, 26, pp. 617 - 624, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru240
    Journal articles | 2015
    Oudin MJ; Bonduriansky R; Rundle HD, 2015, 'Experimental evidence of condition-dependent sexual dimorphism in the weakly dimorphic antler fly Protopiophila litigata (Diptera: Piophilidae)', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 116, pp. 211 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12549
    Journal articles | 2015
    Rabieh MM; Esfandiari M; Seraj AA; Bonduriansky R, 2015, 'Genital and body allometry in two species of noctuid moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 116, pp. 183 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12550
    Journal articles | 2015
    Runagall-Mcnaull A; Bonduriansky R; Crean AJ, 2015, 'Dietary protein and lifespan across the metamorphic boundary: Protein-restricted larvae develop into short-lived adults', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11783
    Journal articles | 2014
    Adler MI; Bonduriansky R, 2014, 'Why do the well-fed appear to die young?: A new evolutionary hypothesis for the effect of dietary restriction on lifespan', BioEssays, 36, pp. 439 - 450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201300165
    Journal articles | 2014
    Adler MI, 2014, 'Sexual conflict, life span, and aging', Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a017566
    Journal articles | 2014
    Bonduriansky R, 2014, 'The ecology of sexual conflict: Background mortality can modulate the effects of male manipulation on female fitness', Evolution, 68, pp. 595 - 604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.12272
    Journal articles | 2014
    Cassidy EJ; Bath E; Chenoweth SF; Bonduriansky R, 2014, 'Sex-specific patterns of morphological diversification: Evolution of reaction norms and static allometries in neriid flies', Evolution, 68, pp. 368 - 383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.12276
    Journal articles | 2014
    Crean AJ; Bonduriansky R, 2014, 'What is a paternal effect?', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 29, pp. 554 - 559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2014.07.009
    Journal articles | 2014
    Crean AJ; Kopps AM; Bonduriansky R, 2014, 'Revisiting telegony: Offspring inherit an acquired characteristic of their mother's previous mate', Ecology Letters, 17, pp. 1545 - 1552, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12373
    Journal articles | 2014
    Patten MM; Ross L; Curley JP; Queller DC; Bonduriansky R; Wolf JB, 2014, 'The evolution of genomic imprinting: Theories, predictions and empirical tests', Heredity, 113, pp. 119 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2014.29
    Journal articles | 2013
    Allen SL; Bonduriansky R; Chenoweth SF, 2013, 'The genomic distribution of sex-biased genes in Drosophila serrata: X chromosome demasculinization, feminization, and hyperexpression in both sexes', Genome Biology and Evolution, 5, pp. 1986 - 1994, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evt145
    Journal articles | 2013
    Bonduriansky R; Day T, 2013, 'Nongenetic inheritance and the evolution of costly female preference', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26, pp. 76 - 87
    Journal articles | 2013
    Bonduriansky R, 2013, 'Mating Males: An Evolutionary Perspective on Mammalian Reproduction. By Timothy Glover. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $110.00 (hardcover); $44.99 (paper). xviii + 202 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-1-107-00001-8 (hc); 978-0-521-15957-9 (pb). 2012.', The Quarterly Review of Biology, 88, pp. 346 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/673801
    Journal articles | 2013
    Kopps A; Bonduriansky R; Gilchrist AS; Crean AJ, 2013, 'Isolation and characterisation of polymorphic microsatellite loci for the neriid fly Telostylinus angusticollis using MiSeq sequencing', Australian Journal of Zoology, 60, pp. 388 - 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO13017
    Journal articles | 2013
    Sentinella AT; Crean AJ; Bonduriansky R, 2013, 'Dietary protein mediates a trade-off between larval survival and the development of male secondary sexual traits', Functional Ecology, 27, pp. 1134 - 1144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12104
    Journal articles | 2012
    Bath E; Tatarnic NJ; Bonduriansky R, 2012, 'Asymmetric reproductive isolation and interference in neriid flies: the roles of genital morphology and behaviour', Animal Behaviour, 84, pp. 1331 - 1339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.08.025
    Journal articles | 2012
    Bonduriansky R; Crean A; Day T, 2012, 'The implications of nongenetic inheritance for evolution in changing environments', Evolutionary Applications, 5, pp. 192 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4571.2011.00213.x
    Journal articles | 2012
    Bonduriansky R, 2012, 'Nongenetic inheritance for behavioral ecologists (Commentary on Ledon-Rettig et al.)', Behavioral Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ars117
    Journal articles | 2012
    Bonduriansky R, 2012, 'Rethinking heredity, again', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 27, pp. 330 - 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2012.02.003
    Journal articles | 2012
    Hallsson L; Chenoweth S; Bonduriansky R, 2012, 'The relative importance of genetic and nongenetic inheritance in relation to trait plasticity in Callosobruchus maculatus', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25, pp. 2422 - 2431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12014
    Journal articles | 2011
    Adler M; Bonduriansky R, 2011, 'The dissimilar costs of love and war: Age-specific mortality as a function of the operational sex ratio', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24, pp. 1169 - 1177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02250.x
    Journal articles | 2011
    Bonduriansky R, 2011, 'Sexual selection and conflict as engines of ecological diversification', American Naturalist, 178, pp. 729 - 745
    Journal articles | 2011
    Cayentano L; Maklakov AA; Brooks RC; Bonduriansky R, 2011, 'Evolution of male and female genitalia following release from sexual selection', Evolution, 65, pp. 2171 - 2183
    Journal articles | 2011
    Day T; Bonduriansky R, 2011, 'A unified approach to the evolutionary consequences of genetic and nongenetic inheritance', American Naturalist, 178, pp. E18 - E36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/660911
    Journal articles | 2009
    Bonduriansky R; Chenoweth S, 2009, 'Intralocus sexual conflict', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 24, pp. 280 - 288
    Journal articles | 2009
    Bonduriansky R; Day T, 2009, 'Nongenetic inheritance and its evolutionary implications', Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics, 40, pp. 103 - 125
    Journal articles | 2009
    Bonduriansky R, 2009, 'Condition dependence of developmental stability in the sexually dimorphic fly Telostylinus angusticollis (Diptera: Neriidae)', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22, pp. 861 - 872
    Journal articles | 2009
    Bonduriansky R, 2009, 'Reappraising sexual coevolution and the sex-roles', PLoS Biology, 7, pp. 31000255
    Journal articles | 2009
    Maklakov AA; Bonduriansky R; Brooks RC, 2009, 'Sex differences, sexual selection, and ageing: An experimental evolution approach', Evolution, 63, pp. 2491 - 2503
    Journal articles | 2009
    Maklakov AA; Bonduriansky R, 2009, 'Sex differences in survival costs of homosexual and heterosexual interactions: evidence from a fly and a beetle', Animal Behaviour, 77, pp. 1375 - 1379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.03.005
    Journal articles | 2009
    Maklakov AA; Hall M; Simpson SJ; Dessmann J; Clissold F; Zajitschek F; Lailvaux SP; Raubenheimer D; Bonduriansky R; Brooks RC, 2009, 'Sex differences in nutrient-dependent reproductive ageing', Aging Cell, 8, pp. 324 - 330, http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=1474-9718
    Journal articles | 2009
    Zajitschek F; Bonduriansky R; Zajitschek S; Brooks RC, 2009, 'Sexual dimorphism in life history: Age, survival, and reproduction in male and female field crickets teleogryllus commodus under seminatural conditions', American Naturalist, 173, pp. 792 - 802
    Journal articles | 2009
    Zajitschek F; Brassil CE; Bonduriansky R; Brooks RC, 2009, 'Sex effects on life span and senescence in the wild when dates of birth and death are unknown', Ecology, 90, pp. 1698 - 1707
    Journal articles | 2008
    Bonduriansky R; Maklakov AA; Zajitschek F; Brooks RC, 2008, 'Sexual selection, sexual conflict and the evolution of ageing and life span', Functional Ecology, 22, pp. 443 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01417.x
    Journal articles | 2008
    Kawasaki N; Brassil CE; Brooks RC; Bonduriansky R, 2008, 'Environmental effects on the expression of life span and aging: An extreme contrast between wild and captive cohorts of Telostylinus angusticollis (Diptera: Neriidae)', American Naturalist, 172, pp. 346 - 357
    Journal articles | 2008
    Maklakov AA; Simpson SJ; Zajitschek F; Hall M; Dessmann J; Clissold F; Raubenheimer D; Bonduriansky R; Brooks RC, 2008, 'Sex-specific fitness effects of nutrient intake on reproduction and lifespan', Current Biology, 18, pp. 1062 - 1066
    Journal articles | 2008
    Marshall D; Bonduriansky R; Bussiere LF, 2008, 'Offspring size variation within broods as a bet-hedging strategy in unpredictable environments', Ecology, 89, pp. 2506 - 2517
    Journal articles | 2007
    Bonduriansky R; Head ML, 2007, 'Maternal and paternal condition effects on offspring phenotype in Telostylinus angusticollis (Diptera : Neriidae)', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20, pp. 2379 - 2388
    Journal articles | 2007
    Bonduriansky R, 2007, 'Sexual selection and allometry: A critical reappraisal of the evidence and ideas', Evolution, 61, pp. 838 - 849
    Journal articles | 2007
    Bonduriansky R, 2007, 'The evolution of condition-dependent sexual dimorphism', American Naturalist, 169, pp. 9 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/510214
    Journal articles | 2006
    Bonduriansky R, 2006, 'Convergent evolution of sexual shape dimorphism in diptera', Journal of Morphology, 267, pp. 602 - 611
    Journal articles | 2005
    Bonduriansky R; Brassil CE, 2005, 'Reproductive ageing and sexual selection on male body size in a wild population of antler flies (Protopiophila litigata)', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18, pp. 1332 - 1340
    Journal articles | 2005
    Bonduriansky R; Rowe L, 2005, 'INTRALOCUS SEXUAL CONFLICT AND THE GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC TRAITS IN PROCHYLIZA XANTHOSTOMA (DIPTERA: PIOPHILIDAE)', Evolution, 59, pp. 1965 - 1965, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/05-236.1
    Journal articles | 2005
    Bonduriansky R; Rowe L, 2005, 'Intralocus sexual conflict and the genetic architecture of sexually dimorphic traits in Prochyliza xanthostoma (Diptera : Piophilidae)', Evolution, 59, pp. 1965 - 1975
    Journal articles | 2005
    Bonduriansky R; Rowe L, 2005, 'SEXUAL SELECTION, GENETIC ARCHITECTURE, AND THE CONDITION DEPENDENCE OF BODY SHAPE IN THE SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC FLY PROCHYLIZA XANTHOSTOMA (PIOPHILIDAE)', Evolution, 59, pp. 138 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/04-445
    Journal articles | 2005
    Bonduriansky R; Rowe L, 2005, 'Sexual selection, genetic architecture, and the condition dependence of body shape in the sexually dimorphic fly, Prochyliza xanthostoma (Diptera: Piophilidae)', Evolution, 59, pp. 138 - 151
    Journal articles | 2005
    Bonduriansky R; Wheeler J; Rowe L, 2005, 'Ejaculate feeding and female fitness in the sexually dimorphic fly Prochyliza xanthostoma (Diptera: Piophilidae)', Animal Behaviour, 69, pp. 489 - 497
    Journal articles | 2004
    Day T; Bonduriansky R, 2004, 'Intralocus sexual conflict can drive the evolution of genomic imprinting', Genetics, 167, pp. 1537 - 1546
    Journal articles | 2003
    Bonduriansky R; Day T, 2003, 'THE EVOLUTION OF STATIC ALLOMETRY IN SEXUALLY SELECTED TRAITS', Evolution, 57, pp. 2450 - 2450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/03-213
    Journal articles | 2003
    Bonduriansky R; Day T, 2003, 'The evolution of static allometry in sexually selected traits', Evolution, 57, pp. 2450 - 2458
    Journal articles | 2003
    Bonduriansky R; Rowe L, 2003, 'INTERACTIONS AMONG MECHANISMS OF SEXUAL SELECTION ON MALE BODY SIZE AND HEAD SHAPE IN A SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC FLY', Evolution, 57, pp. 2046 - 2046, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/03-047
    Journal articles | 2003
    Bonduriansky R; Rowe L, 2003, 'Interactions among mechanisms of sexual selection on male body size and head shape in a sexually dimorphic fly', Evolution, 57, pp. 2046 - 2053
    Journal articles | 2003
    Bonduriansky R, 2003, 'Layered sexual selection: a comparative analysis of sexual behaviour within an assemblage of piophilid flies', Canadian Journal of Zoology - Revue Canadienne de Zoologie, 81, pp. 479 - 491
    Journal articles | 2002
    Bonduriansky R; Brassil CE, 2002, 'Rapid and costly ageing in wild male flies', Nature, 420, pp. 377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/420377a
    Journal articles | 2002
    Bonduriansky R, 2002, 'Leaping behaviour and responses to moisture and sound in larvae of piophilid carrion flies', Canadian Entomologist, 134, pp. 647 - 656, http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/Ent134647-5
    Journal articles | 2001
    Bonduriansky R, 2001, 'The evolution of male mate choice in insects: A synthesis of ideas and evidence', Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 76, pp. 305 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1464793101005693
    Journal articles | 1999
    Bonduriansky R; Brooks RJ, 1999, 'Reproductive allocation and reproductive ecology of seven species of Diptera', Ecological Entomology, 24, pp. 389 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00221.x
    Journal articles | 1999
    Bonduriansky R; Brooks RJ, 1999, 'Why do male antler flies (protopiophila litigata) fight? the role of male combat in the structure of mating aggregations on moose antlers', Ethology Ecology and Evolution, 11, pp. 287 - 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927014.1999.9522829
    Journal articles | 1999
    De Solla SR; Bonduriansky R; Brooks RJ, 1999, 'Eliminating autocorrelation reduces biological relevance of home range estimates', Journal of Animal Ecology, 68, pp. 221 - 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00279.x
    Journal articles | 1998
    Bonduriansky R; Brooks RJ, 1998, 'Copulation and oviposition behaviour of Protopiophila litigata (Diptera: Piophilidae)', Canadian Entomologist, 130, pp. 399 - 405, http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/Ent130399-4
    Journal articles | 1998
    Bonduriansky R; Brooks RJ, 1998, 'Male antler flies (Protopiophila litigata; Diptera: Piophilidae) are more selective than females in mate choice', Canadian Journal of Zoology, 76, pp. 1277 - 1285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z98-069
    Journal articles | 1997
    Bonduriansky R; Brooks RJ, 1997, 'A technique for measuring and marking live flies', Canadian Entomologist, 129, pp. 827 - 830, http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/Ent129827-5
    Journal articles | 1995
    Bonduriansky R, 1995, 'A New Nearctic Species of Protopiophila Duda (Diptera: Piophilidae), with Notes on its Behaviour and Comparison with P. Latipes (Meigen)', The Canadian Entomologist, 127, pp. 859 - 863, http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/Ent127859-6
  • Working Papers | 2017
    Burke N; Bonduriansky R, 2017, The paradox of obligate sex: the roles of sexual conflict and mate scarcity in transitions to facultative and obligate asexuality, http://dx.doi.org10.1101/146076
  • Preprints | 2022
    Miller SM; Stuart K; Burke NW; Rollins LA; Bonduriansky R, 2022, Genetic and phenotypic consequences of local transitions between sexual and parthenogenetic reproduction in the wild, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.02.514965
    Preprints | 2022
    Piper M; Zanco B; Sgrò C; Adler M; Mirth C; Bonduriansky R, 2022, Dietary Restriction And Lifespan: Adaptive Reallocation Or Somatic Sacrifice?, , http://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202202.0033.v1
    Preprints | 2022
    Zajitschek F; Zajitschek SRK; Vasconcelos ACO; Bonduriansky R, 2022, Dietary restriction fails to extend life in stressful environments, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.17.512576
    Preprints | 2020
    Angell C; Oudin M; Rode N; Mautz B; Bonduriansky R; Rundle H, 2020, Development time mediates the effect of larval diet on ageing and mating success of male antler flies in the wild, , http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/68hcs
    Preprints | 2020
    Rutkowska J; Lagisz M; Bonduriansky R; Nakagawa S, 2020, Mapping the past, present and future research landscape of paternal effects, , http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/egsmk
    Conference Abstracts | 2019
    Vaught RC; Bonduriansky R; Dowling DK, 2019, 'Mitochondrial and X chromosome (Mito-X) Genomic Interactions and Implications for the Evolution of Sex Differences', in INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, FL, Tampa, Vol. 59, pp. E237 - E237, presented at Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB), FL, Tampa, 03 January 2019 - 07 January 2019, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000460620902308&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Preprints | 2019
    Wylde Z; Spagopoulou F; Hooper A; Maklakov A; Bonduriansky R, 2019, Parental breeding age effects on descendants’ longevity interact over two generations in matrilines and patrilines, , http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/mnx8h
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Bonduriansky R, 2010, 'Nongenetic inheritance and environmental change', in Grant F; Mergeay J; Santamaria L; Young J; Watt AD (eds.), Evolution and Biodiversity: The evolutionary basis of biodiversity and its potential for adaptation to global change, Evolution and Biodiversity: The evolutionary basis of biodiversity and its potential for adaptation to global change, pp. 27 - 27, presented at Evolution and Biodiversity: The evolutionary basis of biodiversity and its potential for adaptation to global change

2022 ARC Discovery Grant: The transgenerational dimension of ageing      
2020 ARC Discovery Grant: The role of sexual conflict in the maintenance of sexual reproduction

2022

E&ERC Outstanding Supervisor Award

2018

PGC Postgraduate Supervisor Award

2015

E&ERC Outstanding Supervisor Award

2012-2016

Future Fellowship

2010

E&ERC Outstanding Supervisor Award

2007-2011

Australian Research Fellowship

2006

Dobzhansky Prize (Society for the Study of Evolution)

2004-2006

Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship

2004-2005

NSERC (Canada) Postdoctoral Fellowship

1996

Canadian Science Writers’ Association Student Writing Award

Research in the Bonduriansky Lab addresses two broad questions.

The dynamics and consequences of sexual reproduction and coevolution

Although all sexually reproducing populations experience sexual selection and conflict, the implications of these powerful processes are not fully understood.

Moreover, it remains unclear why so many animals can only reproduce sexually, given that the ability to switch between sexual and asexual modes of reproduction appears to be highly advantageous. Theory suggests that sexual conflict could hold a key to this 'paradox of obligate sex'. We are currently testing this theory using facultatively parthenogenetic animals that possess the unusual ability to reproduce with and without mating.

 

The effects of environment on development and fitness within and across generations, and implications for evolution

Environmental influence on development ('developmental plasticity') has been recognized for over a century, but the role of plasticity in evolution remains controversial. We are investigating effects of diet, social interactions, and other key environmental parameters on the development of body size and shape (including secondary sexual traits), behaviours, and life history traits (especially ageing).

Moreover, the potential for some effects of environment to influence the development of offspring and even more remote descendants was denied and neglected for decades. While nongenetic inheritance is now widely recognized, its ecological and evolutionary implications remain poorly understood. We are investigating such effects experimentally in insects and other invertebrates. 

 

Some current projects:

● Nongenetic inheritance and its role in evolution

● Effects of diet and stress within and across generations

● Ageing, and the effects of parental age at breeding on offspring

● Sexual conflict and its role in the maintenance of sexual reproduction, especially in facultatively parthenogenetic animals

● The ecology, life history, and behaviour of wild arthropods

 

Much of our empirical research takes advantage of native Australian insects, such as Neriid flies and phasmids (stick and leaf insects). We also develop new theory.

 

For more details, please see the Bonduriansky Lab website.

My Teaching

Evolution (BIOS3171)
Biology of Invertebrates (BIOS2031)
Evolutionary and Functional Biology (BIOS1101)
Introductory Skills for Science (SCIF1131)
Exploring the Natural World (BEES1041)