Mgr. Petra Dufková

Position: phd student
Research topics:
Department: Department of Population Biology
Phone: +420 568 423 194
E-mail: dufkopseznam.cz

Relevant expertise:

Hybrid zones and speciation – genetics of postzygotic isolation barriers, X chromosome in the house mouse hybrid zone.

Molecular methods in population studies - SNaPshot multiplex, microsatellites

Education:

Since 2006:PhD Student, Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Working on the topic: Barriers of the gene flow in the mice hybrid zone.

2004-2006:MSc Honours 1st Class, Genetics., Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Master thesis: Chromosome X in the hybrid zone of house mouse in the Czech Republic. The MSc covered a variety of modules associated with the molecular biology and the cell and population genetics.

2001-2004:BSc Honours 2st Class, Biological Sciences, Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Bachelor thesis: Transition of the X chromosome across the mouse hybrid zone in the Czech Republic.

Professional career:

2007 at present: Department of Population Biology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,v. v. i.

Awards:

2007 – Financial support of the Students Grant Agency (Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia) for the project : Barriers of the gene flow in the mice hybrid zone.

International experiences:

10.12. – 17.12.2007: Bialowieza, Zaklad Badania Ssaków

1.3. - 31.5.2010: Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, USA

Publications

2009

A. KAWALKO, P. DUFKOVÁ, J. M. WÓJCIK, J. PIÁLEK: Polymerase chain reaction multiplexing of microsatellites and single nucleotide polymorphism markers for quantitative trait loci mapping of wild house mice, Molecular Ecology Resources 9 (2009) 140-143.

2008

M. MACHOLÁN, S. J. E. BAIRD, P. MUNCLINGER, P. DUFKOVÁ, B. BÍMOVÁ, J. PIÁLEK: Genetic conflict outweighs heterogametic incompatibility in the mouse hybrid zone?, BMC Evolutionary Biology 8 (2008) 271-284.

J. PIÁLEK, M. VYSKOČILOVÁ, B. BÍMOVÁ, D. HAVELKOVÁ, J. PIÁLKOVÁ, P. DUFKOVÁ, V. BENCOVÁ, Ľ. ĎUREJE, T. ALBRECHT, H. HAUFFE, M. MACHOLÁN, P. MUNCLINGER, R. STORCHOVÁ, A. ZAJÍCOVÁ, V. HOLÁŇ, S. GREGOROVÁ, J. FOREJT: Development of unique house mouse resources suitable for evolutionary studies of speciation, Journal of Heredity 99 (2008) 34-44.


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HOME GENERAL INFORMATION STRUCTURE OF IVB STAFF PUBLICATIONS PROJECTS BOARD OF INSTITUTE SUPERVISORY BOARD FOLIA ZOOLOGICA PRESS RELEASE CONFERENCE LINKS	Mgr. Petra Dufková Position: phd student Research topics: Department: Department of Population Biology Phone: +420 568 423 194 E-mail: dufkopseznam.cz Relevant expertise: Hybrid zones and speciation – genetics of postzygotic isolation barriers, X chromosome in the house mouse hybrid zone. Molecular methods in population studies - SNaPshot multiplex, microsatellites Education: Since 2006:PhD Student, Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Working on the topic: Barriers of the gene flow in the mice hybrid zone. 2004-2006:MSc Honours 1st Class, Genetics., Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Master thesis: Chromosome X in the hybrid zone of house mouse in the Czech Republic. The MSc covered a variety of modules associated with the molecular biology and the cell and population genetics. 2001-2004:BSc Honours 2st Class, Biological Sciences, Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Bachelor thesis: Transition of the X chromosome across the mouse hybrid zone in the Czech Republic. Professional career: 2007 at present: Department of Population Biology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,v. v. i. Awards: 2007 – Financial support of the Students Grant Agency (Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia) for the project : Barriers of the gene flow in the mice hybrid zone. International experiences: 10.12. – 17.12.2007: Bialowieza, Zaklad Badania Ssaków 1.3. - 31.5.2010: Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, USA Publications 2009 A. KAWALKO, P. DUFKOVÁ, J. M. WÓJCIK, J. PIÁLEK: Polymerase chain reaction multiplexing of microsatellites and single nucleotide polymorphism markers for quantitative trait loci mapping of wild house mice, Molecular Ecology Resources 9 (2009) 140-143. 2008 M. MACHOLÁN, S. J. E. BAIRD, P. MUNCLINGER, P. DUFKOVÁ, B. BÍMOVÁ, J. PIÁLEK: Genetic conflict outweighs heterogametic incompatibility in the mouse hybrid zone?, BMC Evolutionary Biology 8 (2008) 271-284. J. PIÁLEK, M. VYSKOČILOVÁ, B. BÍMOVÁ, D. HAVELKOVÁ, J. PIÁLKOVÁ, P. DUFKOVÁ, V. BENCOVÁ, Ľ. ĎUREJE, T. ALBRECHT, H. HAUFFE, M. MACHOLÁN, P. MUNCLINGER, R. STORCHOVÁ, A. ZAJÍCOVÁ, V. HOLÁŇ, S. GREGOROVÁ, J. FOREJT: Development of unique house mouse resources suitable for evolutionary studies of speciation, Journal of Heredity 99 (2008) 34-44.