Mgr. Ondřej Mikula, Ph.D.

Position: post-docs
Research topics: Phylogeny of morphology of rodents
Department: Department of Population Biology
Phone: +420 532 290 156
Mobile: +420 777 184 259
E-mail: onmikulagmail.com

Research interests

geometric morphometrics and species delimitation,

evolution and taxonomy of small mammals,

hybridization and speciation in house mice.

Education

1999–2004: undergraduate study - Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Systematic Zoology a Ecology. Diploma thesis: Morphometric analysis of the hybrid zone between Mus musculus and Mus domesticus in the western Bohemia.

2004–2009: Ph.D. study - Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Zoology. Ph.D. thesis: Changes of developmental stability in house mice as a consequence of hybridization.

Employment

2009-present: Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Laboratory of Mammalian Evolutionary Genetics - postdoctoral fellow,

2010-present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Department of Population Biology Studenec - postdoctoral fellow.

International experience

2005, 2006: Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii, Warsawa - short stay within the programme EU Synthesys,

2012: Museum national d'historie naturelle, Paris - short stay within the programme EU Synthesys,

Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris Natural History Museum, London American Museum of Natural History, New York - short visits at Natural History Museums.

Projects

Immunogenetic study of a house mouse hybrid zone (2008-2012).

Comparative phylogeography of Zambezian region in Southeastern Africa using small mammals as a model (2010-2014).

Population structure, dispersal and explorative behaviour in the zone of secondary contact of house mice (2011-2014).

Publications

2013

Z. HIADLOVSKÁ, B. VOŠLAJEROVÁ BÍMOVÁ, O. MIKULA, J. PIÁLEK, M. MACHOLÁN: Transgressive segregation in a behavioural trait? Explorative strategies in two house mouse subspecies and their hybrids, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108 (2013) 225-235.


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HOME GENERAL INFORMATION STRUCTURE OF IVB STAFF PUBLICATIONS PROJECTS BOARD OF INSTITUTE SUPERVISORY BOARD FOLIA ZOOLOGICA NEWS PRESS RELEASE CONFERENCE LINKS BIENNIAL REPORT LECTURE HALL	Mgr. Ondřej Mikula, Ph.D. Position: post-docs Research topics: Phylogeny of morphology of rodents Department: Department of Population Biology Phone: +420 532 290 156 Mobile: +420 777 184 259 E-mail: onmikulagmail.com Research interests geometric morphometrics and species delimitation, evolution and taxonomy of small mammals, hybridization and speciation in house mice. Education 1999–2004: undergraduate study - Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Systematic Zoology a Ecology. Diploma thesis: Morphometric analysis of the hybrid zone between Mus musculus and Mus domesticus in the western Bohemia. 2004–2009: Ph.D. study - Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Zoology. Ph.D. thesis: Changes of developmental stability in house mice as a consequence of hybridization. Employment 2009-present: Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Laboratory of Mammalian Evolutionary Genetics - postdoctoral fellow, 2010-present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Department of Population Biology Studenec - postdoctoral fellow. International experience 2005, 2006: Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii, Warsawa - short stay within the programme EU Synthesys, 2012: Museum national d'historie naturelle, Paris - short stay within the programme EU Synthesys, Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris Natural History Museum, London American Museum of Natural History, New York - short visits at Natural History Museums. Projects Immunogenetic study of a house mouse hybrid zone (2008-2012). Comparative phylogeography of Zambezian region in Southeastern Africa using small mammals as a model (2010-2014). Population structure, dispersal and explorative behaviour in the zone of secondary contact of house mice (2011-2014). Publications 2013 Z. HIADLOVSKÁ, B. VOŠLAJEROVÁ BÍMOVÁ, O. MIKULA, J. PIÁLEK, M. MACHOLÁN: Transgressive segregation in a behavioural trait? Explorative strategies in two house mouse subspecies and their hybrids, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108 (2013) 225-235.