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Felicity McLean

Honours Student
Enrolled at: Zoology Department, University of Melbourne
fmclean@museum.vic.gov.au; f.mclean@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au

Evolution and developmental biology, limb development, agamid lizards, developmental genetics

I completed my Bachelor of Science at the University of Melbourne majoring in genetics and zoology, with a Diploma in Political Science. For my Honours year I will be conducting an evolutionary developmental investigation of the vertebrate limb, using the morphologically diverse radiation of Australian agamid lizards under the supervision of Dr Jane Melville at Museum Victoria.

I will be investigating DNA sequence variation of limb development genes in a variety of Australian agamids to investigate if gene sequence variation correlates with limb morphological differences. I will also examine the spatiotemporal expression of certain limb development genes in agamid lizards during development to investigate if gene expression has a role in determining limb length.

Publications

Mclean, F., Barbee, N.C., Swearer, S.E. 2007. Avoidance of native versus non-native predator odours by migrating whitebait and juveniles of the common galaxiid, Galaxias maculatus. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 41: 175–184.

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Herpetology home Jane Melville Postdocs & researchers Students Past students & researchers Grants and Projects Lab News - Hot off the Press! Our Favourite Links	Honours Students Felicity McLean Honours Student Enrolled at: Zoology Department, University of Melbourne fmclean@museum.vic.gov.au; f.mclean@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au Evolution and developmental biology, limb development, agamid lizards, developmental genetics I completed my Bachelor of Science at the University of Melbourne majoring in genetics and zoology, with a Diploma in Political Science. For my Honours year I will be conducting an evolutionary developmental investigation of the vertebrate limb, using the morphologically diverse radiation of Australian agamid lizards under the supervision of Dr Jane Melville at Museum Victoria. I will be investigating DNA sequence variation of limb development genes in a variety of Australian agamids to investigate if gene sequence variation correlates with limb morphological differences. I will also examine the spatiotemporal expression of certain limb development genes in agamid lizards during development to investigate if gene expression has a role in determining limb length. Publications Mclean, F., Barbee, N.C., Swearer, S.E. 2007. Avoidance of native versus non-native predator odours by migrating whitebait and juveniles of the common galaxiid, Galaxias maculatus. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 41: 175–184.






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