RNDr. 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