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Acacia evolution: why do some species evolve faster than others?

Acacias are one of the most diverse groups of plants in the world, with almost 1000 species in Australia alone. Acacias display stunning morphological diversity, but somethign let's less obvious is that they also display huge variation in the rates at which they evolve.

This project is open to Bachelor, Honours and PhD students

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Genital evolution in insects Honours, PhD
Genome wide association mapping Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Global patterns of biodiversity Honours, PhD
Have megajournals changed the way that science is done? Honours, PhD
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HONOURS/MSC PROJECTS: Thermal tolerance and response to climate change in plants from extreme environments Bachelor, Honours, Masters
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How do effector proteins from necrotrophic fungi cause disease in wheat Bachelor, Honours, PhD
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How does P-glycoprotein confer resistance to so many anti-cancer drugs? Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
How does pfCRT confer drug resistance to malaria? Honours, Masters, PhD
Identification and characterisation of membrane transport proteins Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Identification and functional characterisation of flax rust effectors Honours, Masters, PhD
Identification of 2000 novel protein isoforms in the human and mouse genomes Bachelor, PhD
Identification of molecular mechanisms of action and direct target genes of developmental signalling pathways in sponges PhD
Identification of target genes of developmental transcription factors Brachyury, Gata and Caudal in sponges PhD
Impact of early thermal environments on thermal behaviour and physiology in lizards Honours
Improving C4 photosynthesis by genetic manipulation Honours, PhD
Improving drought tolerance in wheat by selectively inhibiting negative regulators of drought stress signalling Honours, PhD
Insect ecology, morphology or physiology Honours, PhD
Integrative taxonomy of Australian monsoonal herpetofauna Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Investigating adaptive genomic variation underlying drought tolerance in Eucalyptus Bachelor
Investigating the genetic architecture of thermal acclimation of leaf energy metabolism using GWAS Honours, Masters, PhD
Isotope effects and natural isotope abundance Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Laboratory overview Honours, Bachelor, PhD

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