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Dr Robert Dugand

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School of Biological Sciences
Goddard Building (8), Room 307B
The University of Queensland
St Lucia, QLD 4072
Australia

Tel: +61 7 3365 2194

Email: r.dugand@uq.edu.au

ORCID: 0000-0002-2184-0549

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Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow

My main research interest is in understanding the genetic architecture of quantitative traits, particularly traits under sexual selection. Why is there so much genetic variation underlying these traits? What are the evolutionary forces responsible for maintaining such high levels of genetic variation? Is variation predominantly caused by deleterious alleles being removed by selection, or is there lots of adaptive potential? I have explored these questions in a sexual selection context using biometric and molecular approaches. Currently, I am exploring how the distribution of genetic variation in multivariate trait space is affected by mutation and selection (utilising the animal model framework). I have worked with a range of model insects, but have primarily worked with Drosophila. My favourite fruit is the mango.

Publications

Dugand, R. J., Tomkins, J. L., & Kennington, W. J. (2019). Molecular evidence supports a genic captures resolution of the lek paradox. Nature Communications, 10, 1359. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09371-y.

Hayes, G. L. T., Simmons, L. W., Dugand, R. J., Mills, H., Roberts, J. D., Tomkins, J. L., & Fisher, D. (2019). Multiple paternity and male semelparity confirmed in an arid-zone dasyurid. Journal of Zoology. doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12672

Dugand, R. J., Kennington, W. J., & Tomkins, J. L. (2019). Evaluating the genetic architecture of quantitative traits by selection followed by inbreeding. Heredity, doi:10.1038/s41437-019-0219-x.

Dugand, R. J., Kennington, W. J., & Tomkins, J. L. (2018). Evolutionary divergence in competitive mating success through female mating bias for good genes. Science Advances, 4 (5), eaaq0369. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaq0369.

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