Molecular Laboratory Research projects
Sequence data files (in Nexus format) are available for some projects, indicated
by
Conservation Genetics
- Genetic criteria for reserve selection [More Info]
- Species diversity and genetic diversity of invertebrates in an agricultural woodland/landscape [More Info]
- Microsatellite and mtDNA variability in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor).
- The genetic status of Australian populations of the Small Pearl Oyster, Pinctada imbricata [More Info]
- Reserve selection: evaluation and application of phylogenetic diversity measures for invertebrates [More Info]
Phylogenetics
- Can Phylogeny reveal ancient geography? Cladistic tests of 'deep' areas of endemism for the Australian Biota and Gondwanan biogeography [More Info]
- The Phylogeny and adaptive radiation of the Caenogastropod molluscs [More Info]
- Molecular Phylogeny of the Polychaeta [More Info]
- Incipient speciation in freshwater snails of an arid zone artesian spring complex [More Info]
- Arthropod Molecular Evolution.
[More Info] - Phylogenetic studies of marsupials based on phosphoglycerate kinase DNA
sequences.
[More Info] - Molecular Phylogenetics of Fruitbats [More Info]
- Gastropod evolutionary rates and phylogenetic relationships assessed
using partial 28S rDNA and histone H3 sequences.
[More Info] - Phylogenetic investigations of the Stephanoberyciformes and Beryciformes,
particularly whalefishes (Euteleostei: Cetomimidae)
[More Info]
Ancient DNA
- The Thylacine Project [More Info]
- The genetic identification of species and breeds of domestic and non-domestic animals in the Near East during the early development of domestication and secondary product use - from the Neolithic period (7th-8th millennia B.C.) through to the Early Bronze Age (3rd millennium B.C.). [More Info]
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