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DR JANETTE NORMAN



Contact Details

Organization: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Bio21 Institute
Position: Honorary (Senior Fellow), Honorary (Senior Fellow), Honorary (Senior Fellow)
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Origins and Evolution of the Australian Fauna Phylogeny, Biogeography, Speciation, Evolution Australia, Guinea
Ecosystem-based approaches to biodiversity conservation Landscape genetics, fragmentation, biodiversity, conservation Australia, New Caledonia
Evolution and diversification of venom systems Venom, evolution, ecological diversification Australia, Antarctica

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Denmark Copenhagen University Research
New Zealand Massey University Research
Sweden Swedish Museum of Natural History Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Queensland 23-Apr-1996

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship University of Queensland Biological Science Scholarship 01-Jan-1989
Other (Award) University of Queensland Australian Postgraduate Research Award 01-Jan-1990

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Molecular evolution and toxinology of colubrid snake venom toxins Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2004

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
VENOM ON ICE Chief Investigator DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT & WATER RESOURCES 12/12/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Tentacles of venom: toxic protein convergence in the Kingdom Animalia.
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Evolution
    Volume: 68
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 311-21.
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  • Tentacles of venom: toxic protein convergence in the Kingdom Animalia.
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Evolution
    Volume: 68
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 311-21.
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • DNA evidence shows vocalizations to be a better indicator of taxonomic limits than plumage patterns in Zimmerius tyrant-flycatchers
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 150-156
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  • Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea: evidence from the Campephagidae and other Crown Corvida (Aves)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 221-236
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  • Genetic differentiation across the Andes in two pan-Neotropical tyrant-flycatcher species
    Year: 2008
    Journal: EMU
    Volume: 108
    Page numbers: 261-268
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  • Habitat shifts in the evolutionary history of a Neotropical flycatcher lineage from forest and open landscapes
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Evolutionary Biology
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 1-18
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  • Molecular phylogenetics and diversification within one of the most geographically variable bird species complexes Pachycephala pectoralis/melanura
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Avian Biology
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 473-478
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  • Morphological, behavioural and genetic differentiation within the Horned Parakeet (Eunymphicus cornutus) and its affinities to Cyanoramphus and Prosopeia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: EMU
    Volume: 108
    Page numbers: 251-260
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  • Phylogenetic relationships of tyrant-flycatchers (Aves: Tyrannidae), with an emphasis on the elaeniine assemblage
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 88-101
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  • Polyphyletic origin of toxic Pitohui birds suggests widespread occurrence of toxicity in corvoid birds
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 71-74
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  • Subspeciation in the short-tailed Grasswren (Amytornis merrotsyi, Maluridae)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: EMU
    Volume: 108
    Page numbers: 275-282
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Phylogenetic relationships of tyrant-flycatchers (Aves: Tyrannidae), with an emphasis on the elaeniine assemblage
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 88-101
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  • Polyphyletic origin of toxic Pitohui birds suggests widespread occurrence of toxicity in corvoid birds
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 71-74
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  • Speciation dynamics in the Australo-Papuan Meliphaga honeyeaters
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 80-91
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