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Genome biology & mammal gene evolution
![Echidna research](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/echidna-2.jpg?h=faefdaa8&itok=D1wbqbYv)
Honours project: Examine the function and evolution of genes involved in sex determination and placentation in mammals.
Evolution of photosynthetic organs in Acacia
Honours project: Explore the evolution of photosynthetic organs in Acacia.
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Tropical rainforest in Antarctic latitudes
Honours project: Examine fossil floras to help answer important questions about South Australia’s ecological history.
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Bloom dynamics - Spatial variation of chlorophyll-a inside freshwater reservoirs
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Honours project: Use remote sensing and spatial science to investigate the variation of chlorophyll-a inside freshwater reservoirs.
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Testing the gamete competition theory of the evolution of anisogamy
![Study the evolution of sex](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/evolution-of-sex.jpg?h=36980585&itok=1nCrKy52)
Honours project: Explore genetics and evolutionary biology by testing the gamete competition theory of the evolution of anisogamy.
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Fossil history of selected plant taxa
Honours project: Explores a detailed examination of the fossil history of selected plant taxa.
Leaf morphology in silver beech (Nothofagus menziesii)
Honours project: This flora holds important clues to the way in which trees coped with major climate changes.
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Marine & freshwater ecology & fish biology
![Marine biology](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/marine-ecology-2918.jpg?h=fbf4b26c&itok=1YcNA0j2)
Honours project: Contribute to research in freshwater, estuarine and marine waters focusing on fish, cephalopods and environmental issues.
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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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