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Investigate the adaptation of tiger snake venom in island populations
Honours project: Bioinformatics project investigating adaptation of venom in island populations of tiger snake using venom gland transcriptome data.
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Evolution of tiger snake skulls in response to prey type and size between island and mainland populations
Honours project: Morphological project examining evolution of tiger snake skull shape in response to different prey type/size between island and mainland populations.
Unlocking past diets through the analysis of ancient dental calculus
Honours project: Analysing ancient dental DNA to determine the diets of past humans.
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Chromosome Y analysis of the descendants and potential ancestors of the Inca rulers
Honours project: Explore the genetic information from the chromosome Y of pre-Columbian and present-day individuals.
Mutation rate estimates in early European farmers
Honours project: Investigate genomes of early European farmers and their genomic mutation rate.
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Characterisation of ancient DNA damage in a new type of high throughput sequencing data
Honours project: Characterise ancient DNA damage using high throughput sequencing of novel DNA libraries.
Method development to repair ancient DNA damage
Honours project: Explore the use of a new enzymatic treatment to repair ancient DNA damage before high throughput sequencing.
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Using the ancient DNA to explore human adaptation & evolutionary medicine
Honours project: Get involved in research into human adaptation and evolutionary medicine.
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Megafaunal evolution and extinction
Honours project: Explore the evolution and extinction of megafauna such as dire wolves, mammoths and Tasmanian tigers.
Evolutionary history of oral microorganisms in Neandertals
Honours project: Using bioinformatics to reconstruct ancient genomes.
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