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The asterinid sea star family provides a powerful taxon with which to examine developmental processes in evolution... |
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Understanding the evolutionary origins and development of animal body plans is a fundamental question in evolutionary biology... |
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The Ophiuroidea is the most-species rich class of the Echinodermata and evolution of development in these echinoderms have evolved a switch to non-feeding development... |
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Interest in the neuronal architecture of echinoderm larvae has focussed on the hypothesis that the chordate central nerve cord was derived from the ciliary band system of an ancestral deuterostome with an echinoderm-like larva... |
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The egg cell links the adult and larval life stages of marine invertebrates... |
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Evo-Devo and the Asterinidae |
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Neurogenesis in Echinoderm Larvae |
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Evo-Devo & the Ophiuroidea |
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CNS Specification & Pentamery in Echinoderms |
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B. Evo-Devo and Echinoderm Development |
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Evolution of Maternal Provisioning in Echinoderms |
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This project investigates the ecology and conservation biology of freshwater mussels, endemic species currently on the decline in many river systems... |
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Gastropod species comprise a large portion of Australia’s marine biodiversity and play an important role in ecosystem-level biodiversity and ecology... |
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This research investigates bivalves as bioindicators of river health and on the potential to introduce mussels into man made habitats... |
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Conservation Biology of Freshwater Bivalves |
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Molecular Phylogeny of Gastropods |
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Freshwater Bivalves as Bioindicators |
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C. Molluscan Biology and Evolution |
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M. calcar |
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Brachiolaria larvae |
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Adult ophiuroid |
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Brachiolaria larvae |
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P. regularis juvenile |
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H. drapeta |
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H. drapeta |
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Caenogastropod |
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The evolution of live birth from the parent’s reproductive tract involved a profound shift in animal life histories... |
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Evolution of Viviparity in Asterinids |
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Viviparity |
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Integrative Biology and Evolution of Marine and Freshwater Invertebrates |
