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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
Publications
2011
P. DUFKOVÁ, M. MACHOLÁN, J. PIÁLEK: Inference of selection and random effects in the house mouse hybrid zone, Evolution 65 (2011) 993-1010. M. MACHOLÁN, S. J. E. BAIRD, P. DUFKOVÁ, P. MUNCLINGER, B. VOŠLAJEROVÁ BÍMOVÁ, J. PIÁLEK: Assessing multilocus introgression patterns: a case study on the mouse X chromosome in Central Europe, Evolution 65 (2011) 1428-1446. 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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