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Our evolution and development projects cover a range of topics, from deep genetics and dinosaur evolution to population genomics and models of speciation. Choose from the selection of available projects here, or visit our research pages to find an academic who shares your interest.

Genome evolution in Anopheles mosquitoes from the Southwest Pacific
Identification of genes and pathways controlling shoot branching: a deep sequencing approach
The effect of antibiotic resistance on competitive ability and niche overlap in microbial systems
Is it the hormones or the resources that control plant growth?
Microbial competition and costs of antibiotic resistance in fluctuating environments
Evolution of Australasian Cenozoic crocodilians
Phylogeny and evolution of the bottle-bushes (Melaleuca) or eucalypts
The effect of pollinators on population connectivity in endangered peas of south-west Western Australia
What explains the latitudinal gradient of species diversity?
Why are Australian cycads endangered?
Conservation of rare plants - wallum Eleocharis
Why do bush coconut males carry their little sisters?
Modes of speciation in a biodiversity hotspot
Discovery and description of Australian native insects
Evolution of Australian Mesozoic crocodilians
The regulation of light output by glowworms
Grooming behaviour in flies
Understanding the distribution of Wolbachia endosymbionts in arthropods
Mathematical models of drug resistance evolution
The evolutionary dynamics of integrons
Can gene exchange in bacteria speed up adaptation?
Fitness effects of antibiotic resistance mutations
Experimental and comparative genomic approaches to the origin and evolution of animal-bacteria interactions
Molecular ecology of marine invertebrate larval sensory systems
The role of microRNAs in mosquito biology
Evolution and development of marine invertebrate life cycles
Effects of intraspecific variation on tipping points in ecological systems
Genomic biocontrol strategies for marine pests
How will populations persist in response to extreme weather events?
The origin and evolution of animal multicellularity complexity
The role of inversions in adaptive divergence of populations
Finding sexually antagonistic genes
Mathematical models of host-parasite coevolution
Do duplicated genes benefit males more than females?
Australian Mesozoic fishes
Using genomics to understand why males harm females
Australian Dinosaurs
Statistical evidence in evolutionary biology
Wolbachia pipiens in populations of Aedes species in Australia and their potential as a mosquito control tool.
What are the consequences of using consensus trees in phylogenetic comparative analyses?
Ribosomal DNA evolution in Anopheles mosquito populations
The role of fossils in phylogenetic comparative methods
Population genetics assessment of the arbovirus mosquito Culex annulirostris
Variance estimators for phylogenetic GEE models

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