News: Honours projects - Ecology and environmental science
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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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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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.
Plant taxa & reconstruction of fossil palaeoenvironments
Honours project: Assess the environmental ranges of key fossil plant taxa from south-eastern Australia.
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Bioinformatics as applied to the study of genome structure and function
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Honours project: Expand your knowledge and curiosity in bioinformatics and computational genetics.
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Genome biology & mammal gene evolution
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Honours project: Examine the function and evolution of genes involved in sex determination and placentation in mammals.
Investigating the origin of mammal sex chromosomes
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Honours project: Undertake a research project that investigates the origin of therian sex chromosomes
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Echidna CSI: a citizen science platform for outreach, engagement, communication and education
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Honours project: Join the Echidna Conservation Science Initiative (EchidnaCSI) and complete an honours project in science communication or education.