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Early animal evolution: evidence from the Ediacaran & Cambrian
Honours project: Palaeontology meets biology and evolution. Explore animals from early in time.
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Testing the gamete competition theory of the evolution of anisogamy

Honours project: Explore genetics and evolutionary biology by testing the gamete competition theory of the evolution of anisogamy.
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Marine & freshwater ecology & fish biology

Honours project: Contribute to research in freshwater, estuarine and marine waters focusing on fish, cephalopods and environmental issues.
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Hill-Robertson interference, the Red Queen and the evolution of sex

Honours project: This evolutionary genetics honours project explores the Hill-Robertson interference, the Red Queen and the evolution of sex.
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Examining perceived wine complexity and how it impacts consumer preference

Honours project: Investigate methods suitable to assess complexity of wines and collate a range of wines varying in perceived complexity.
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Investigating the origin of mammal sex chromosomes

Honours project: Undertake a research project that investigates the origin of therian sex chromosomes
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Resolving the taxonomic status of bandicoots and gliders for conservation management

Honours project: Study the population genetic structure and phylogeography of either bandicoots or marsupial gliders.
Modulation of the plant defence response by the fungal extracellular matrix

Honours project: Investigate the relationship between fungal plant pathogen secretions and the plant defence response
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Re-vegetating South Australia
Honours project: Go back in time and use fossil records to help determine what species of flora we can re-vegetate parts of South Australia with.
Restoration of Adelaide’s coastal seagrasses

Honours project: Help support the restoration of Adelaide’s coastal seagrasses.
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