News: Honours projects - Evolution and palaeobiology
How do the public perceive climate change?
Honours project: Monitoring the impact of media reporting on the public attitude to climate change
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Ecological & evolutionary genetics of plants, wildlife forensic biology
Honours project: How about a research project in ecological and evolutionary genetics of plants and wildlife forensic biology?
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Genetic mutations associated with skin & wool growth in sheep
Honours project: Identify genetic mutations in sheep DSC1 & DSG4 genes essential for skin and wool follicle architecture.
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Echidna biology for conservation, wildlife management & habitat monitoring
Honours project: This project investigates the molecular basis of echidna biology for application in conservation, wildlife management and habitat monitoring.
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Detecting Huntington's disease using naturally occurring compounds in the breath
Honours project: Identify volatile organic compounds from exhaled breath for early diagnosis of Huntington’s disease using a sheep model.
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Quaternary palaeoecology of pleistocene vertebrates from Naracoorte Caves, South Australia
Honours project: Analyse vertebrate fossil material from sites that have been previously excavated but remain un-studied and have no chronological context.
Global change biology, climate change ecology & macroecology
Honours project: Various projects are available across climate change ecology, global change impacts on biodiversity, species range dynamics and extinction processes.
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Palaeoecology of holocene vertebrate deposits Naracoorte Caves, South Australia
Honours project: Fill a critical gap in the Holocene record of Naracoorte by refining the ages and stratigraphy of key deposits in order to compare faunal turnover to climate and environmental change.
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Chironomids in extreme environments
Honours project: Non-biting midges (Chironomidae) are very similar to mosquitoes, and are masters at survival.
Evolutionary history of oral microorganisms in Neandertals
Honours project: Using bioinformatics to reconstruct ancient genomes.
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