prom. biol. Jaroslav Piálek, CSc.

Position: full-time researcher
Research topics: hybrid zones, population genetics
Department: External research facility Studenec
Phone: +420 560 590 602
E-mail: jpialekbrno.cas.cz

Research interests

  • hybrid zones,
  • population genetics,
  • speciation.

    Finished projects

    Education

  • 1977-1982: undergraduate study - Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science. Diploma Thesis: Karyological studies in Tagetes erecta L.
  • 1988-1992: Ph.D. study - Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology Brno. Ph.D. thesis: A revision of the genus Bombina (Anura, Discoglossidae) in Czechoslovakia.
  • 1994-1995: post-doctoral study - The University of Edinburgh, Inst. Cell, Animal and Population Biology.

    Employment

  • 1984-1987: Institute of Vertebrate Zoology, CAS, Brno - research assistant,
  • 1988-1993: Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, CAS, Brno - postgraduate student,
  • 1994-1995: Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Genetics, The University of Edinburgh, U.K. - academic researcher,
  • 1996-1998: Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, AS CR, Liběchov - research worker,
  • 1998-1999: Charles University, Faculty of Sciences, Prague - research worker,
  • 1998-2010: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, AS CR, Brno, Department of Population Biology Studenec - Head and research worker,
  • 2010-present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, AS CR, Brno, Department of population Biology Studenec - research worker.

    International experience

  • 1994-1995: Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Genetics, The University of Edinburgh, U.K. - academic researcher.

    Current Ph.D. students

  • Jana Albrechtová: Barriers against gene flow between the house mouse subspecies, (supervisor J.Piálek).
  • Iva Martincová: Chromosom Y a speciation, (supervisor J.Piálek).

    Former students

  • Petra Dufková: Sex chromosomes in a house mouse hybrid zone.
  • ?udovít ?ureje: The effect of aggressive behaviour on the dynamics of a house mouse hybrid zone.
  • Peter Mikulíček: Hybridization and genetic differentation on the crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies) - analysis of nuclear markers.
  • Barbora Vošlajerová: Behavioural and genetic study of premating isolation in the house mouse hybrid zone.
  • M.Vyskočilová: Hybrid male sterility in house mouse.



    Publications

    2015

    J. GOÜY DE BELLOCQ, STUART J. E. BAIRD, J. ALBRECHTOVÁ, K. SOBEKOVÁ, J. PIÁLEK: Murine cytomegalovirus is not restricted to the house mouse Mus musculus domesticus: prevalence and genetic diversity in the European house mouse hybrid zone, Journal of Virology 89 (2015) 406-414.


    2014

    T. BHATTACHARYYA, R. REIFOVÁ, S. GREGOROVÁ, P. ŠIMEČEK, V. GERGELITS, M. MISTRIK, I. MARTINCOVÁ, J. PIÁLEK, J. FOREJT: X chromosome control of meiotic chromosome synapsis in mouse inter-subspecific hybrids, PLoS Genetics 10 (2014) .

    J. P. BURGSTALLER, I. G. JOHNSTON, N. S. JONES, J. ALBRECHTOVÁ, T. KOLBE, C. VOGL, A. FUTSCHIK, C. MAYRHOFER, D. KLEIN, S. SABITZER, M. BLATTNER, C. GÜLLY, J. POULTON, T. RÜLICKE, J. PIÁLEK, R. STEINBORN, G. BREM: mtDNA segregation in heteroplasmic tissues is common in vivo and modulated by haplotype differences and developmental stage, Cell Reports 7 (2014) 2031-2041.

    P. FLACHS, T. BHATTACHARYYA, O. MIHOLA, J. PIÁLEK, J. FOREJT, Z. TRACHTULEC: Prdm9 incompatibility controls oligospermia and delayed fertility but no selfish transmission in mouse intersubspecific hybrids, PLoS ONE 9 (2014) .

    A. FORNŮSKOVÁ, J. BRYJA, M. VINKLER, M. MACHOLÁN, J. PIÁLEK: Contrasting patterns of polymorphism and selection in bacterial-sensing toll-like receptor 4 in two house mouse subspecies, Ecology and Evolution 4 (2014) 2931-2944.

    L. HŮRKOVÁ-HOFMANNOVÁ, M. A. QABLAN, J. JURÁNKOVÁ, D. MODRÝ, J. PIÁLEK: A Survey of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum Infecting House Mice from a Hybrid Zone, Journal of Parasitology 100 (2014) 139-141.

    J. JURÁNKOVÁ, L. HŮRKOVÁ-HOFMANNOVÁ, J. VOLF, V. BALÁŽ, J. PIÁLEK: Efficacy of magnetic capture in comparison with conventional DNA isolation in a survey of Toxoplasma gondii in wild house mice, European Journal of Protistology 50 (2014) 11-15.

    J. KREISINGER, D. ČÍŽKOVÁ, J. VOHÁNKA, J. PIÁLEK: Gastrointestinal microbiota of wild and inbred individuals of two house mouse subspecies assessed using high-throughput parallel pyrosequencing, Molecular Ecology 23 (2014) 5048-5060.


    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.

    M. KVÁČ, J. MCEVOY, M. LOUDOVÁ, B. STENGER, B. SAK, D. KVĚTOŇOVÁ, O. DITRICH, V. RAŠKOVÁ, E. MORIARTY, M. ROST, M. MACHOLÁN, J. PIÁLEK: Coevolution of Cryptosporidium tyzzeri and the house mouse (Mus musculus), International Journal for Parasitology 43 (2013) 805-817.


    2012

    J. ALBRECHTOVÁ, T. ALBRECHT, S. J. E. BAIRD, M. MACHOLÁN, G. RUDOLFSEN, P. MUNCLINGER, P. K. TUCKER, J. PIÁLEK: Sperm-related phenotypes implicated in both maintenance and breakdown of a natural species barrier in the house mouse, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B - Biological Sciences 279 (2012) 4803-4810.

    STUART J. E. BAIRD, A. RIBAS, M. MACHOLÁN, T. ALBRECHT, J. PIÁLEK, J. GOÜY DE BELLOCQ: Where are the wormy mice? A re-examination of hybrid parasitism in the European house mouse hybrid zone, Evolution 66 (2012) 2757-2772.

    Ľ. ĎUREJE, M. MACHOLÁN, STUART J. E. BAIRD, J. PIÁLEK: The mouse hybrid zone in Central Europe: from morphology to molecules, Folia zoologica 61 (2012) 308-318.

    P. FLACHS, O. MIHOLA, P. ŠIMEČEK, S. GREGOROVÁ, J.C. SCHIMENTI, Y. MATSUI, F. BAUDAT, B. DE MASSY, J. PIÁLEK, J. FOREJT, Z. TRACHTULEC: Interallelic and intergenic incompatibilities of the Prdm9 (Hst1) gene in mouse hybrid sterility, PLoS Genetics 8 (2012) .

    V. JANOUŠEK, L. WANG, K. LUZYNSKI, P. DUFKOVÁ, M. MRKVICOVÁ VYSKOČILOVÁ, M. W. NACHMAN, P. MUNCLINGER, M. MACHOLÁN, J. PIÁLEK, P. K. TUCKER: Genome-wide architecture of reproductive isolation in a naturally occurring hybrid zone between Mus musculus musculus and M. m. domesticus, Molecular Ecology 21 (2012) 3032-3047.

    P. MIKULÍČEK, A. HORÁK, V. ZAVADIL, J. KAUTMAN, J. PIÁLEK: Hybridization between three crested newt species (Triturus cristatus superspecies) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: comparison of nuclear markers and mitochondrial DNA, Folia zoologica 61 (2012) 202-218.

    M. PHIFER-RIXEY, F. BONHOMME, P. BOURSOT, G. A. CHURCHILL, J. PIÁLEK, P. TUCKER, M. NACHMAN: Adaptive evolution and effective population size in wild house mice, Molecular Biology and Evolution 29 (2012) 2949-2955.

    W. WASIMUDDIN, D. ČÍŽKOVÁ, A. RIBAS, J. PIÁLEK, J. GOÜY DE BELLOCQ, J. BRYJA: Development and characterization of multiplex panels of microsatellite markers for Syphacia obvelata, a parasite of the house mouse (Mus musculus), using a high throughput DNA sequencing approach, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 185 (2012) 154-156.

    W. WASIMUDDIN, D. ČÍŽKOVÁ, J. BRYJA, J. ALBRECHTOVÁ, H. C. HAUFFE, J. PIÁLEK: High prevalence and species diversity of Helicobacter spp. detected in wild house mice, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78 (2012) 8158-8160.


    2011

    D. ČÍŽKOVÁ, J. GOÜY DE BELLOCQ, S. J. E. BAIRD, J. PIÁLEK, J. BRYJA: Genetic structure and contrasting selection pattern at two major histocompatibility complex genes in wild house mouse populations, Heredity 106 (2011) 727-740.

    P. DUFKOVÁ, M. MACHOLÁN, J. PIÁLEK: Inference of selection and random effects in the house mouse hybrid zone, Evolution 65 (2011) 993-1010.

    Ľ. ĎUREJE, B. VOŠLAJEROVÁ BÍMOVÁ, J. PIÁLEK: No postnatal maternal effect on male aggressiveness in wild-derived strains of house mice, Aggressive Behavior 37 (2011) 48-55.

    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.

    M. MACHOLÁN, S. J. E. BAIRD, P. DUFKOVÁ, P. MUNCLINGER, B. VOŠLAJEROVÁ, J. PIÁLEK: ASSESSING MULTILOCUS INTROGRESSION PATTERNS: A CASE STUDY ON THE MOUSE X CHROMOSOME IN CENTRAL EUROPE, Evolution 65 (2011) 1428-1446.

    B. SAK, M. KVÁČ, D. KVĚTOŇOVÁ, T. ALBRECHT, J. PIÁLEK: The first report on natural Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon spp. infections in wild East-European House Mice (Mus musculus musculus) and West-European House Mice (M. m. domesticus) in a hybrid zone across the Czech Republic–Germany border, Veterinary Parasitology 178 (2011) 246-250.

    B. VOŠLAJEROVÁ, M. MACHOLÁN, S. J. E. BAIRD, P. MUNCLINGER, P. DUFKOVÁ, C. M. LAUKAITIS, R. C. KARN, K. LUZYNSKI, P. K. TUCKER, J. PIÁLEK: Reinforcement selection acting on the European house mouse hybrid zone, Molecular Ecology 20 (2011) 2403-2424.

    B. VOŠLAJEROVÁ BÍMOVÁ, M. MACHOLÁN, S. J. E. BAIRD, P. MUNCLINGER, P. DUFKOVÁ, C. M. LAUKAITIS, R. C. KARN, K. LUZYNSKI, P. K. TUCKER, J. PIÁLEK: Reinforcement selection acting on the European house mouse hybrid zone, Molecular Ecology 20 (2011) 2403-2424.

    L. WANG, K. LUZYNSKI, J. E. POOL, V. JANOUŠEK, P. DUFKOVÁ, M. VYSKOČILOVÁ, K. C. TEETER, M. W. NACHMAN, P. MUNCLINGER, M. MACHOLÁN, J. PIÁLEK, P. K. TUCKER: Measures of linkage disequilibrium among neighbouring SNPs indicate asymmetries across the house mouse hybrid zone, Molecular Ecology 20 (2011) 2985-3000.

    H. YANG, J. R. WANG, J. P. DIDION, R. J. BUUS, T. A. BELL, C. E. WELSH, F. BONHOMME, A. H.-T. YU, M. W. NACHMAN, J. PIÁLEK, P. TUCKER, P. BOURSOT, L. MCMILLAN, G. A. CHURCHILL, F. P. DE VILLENA: Subspecific origin and haplotype diversity in the laboratory mouse, Nature Genetics 45 (2011) 648-655.


    2009

    B. BÍMOVÁ, T. ALBRECHT, M. MACHOLÁN, J. PIÁLEK: Signalling components of the house mouse mate recognition system, Behavioural Processes 80 (2009) 20-27.

    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.

    M. VYSKOČILOVÁ, G. PRAŽANOVÁ, J. PIÁLEK: Polymorphism in hybrid male sterility in wild-derived Mus musculus musculus strains on proximal chromosome 17, Mammalian Genome 20 (2009) 83-91.

    M. VYSKOČILOVÁ, G. PRAŽANOVÁ, J. PIÁLEK: Polymorphism in hybrid male sterility in wild-derived Mus musculus musculus strains on proximal chromosome 17$$faut. Martina Vyskočilová, G. Pražanová, Jaroslav Piálek, Mammalian Genome 20 (2009) 83-91.


    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.


    2007

    M. MACHOLÁN, P. MUNCLINGER, M. ŠUGERKOVÁ, P. DUFKOVÁ, B. BÍMOVÁ, E. BOŽÍKOVÁ, J. ZIMA, J. PIÁLEK: Genetic analysis of autosomal and X-linked markers across a mouse hybrid zone, Evolution 61 (2007) 746-771.

    P. MIKULÍČEK, J. CRNOBRNJA-ISAILOVIć, J. PIÁLEK: Can microsatellite markers resolve phylogenetic relationships between closely related crested newt species (Triturus cristatus superspecies)?, Amphibia-Reptilia 28 (2007) 467-474.


    2006

    T. ALBRECHT, J. KREISINGER, J. PIÁLEK: The strength of direct selection against female promiscuity is associated with rates of extrapair fertilizations in socially monogamous songbirds, American Naturalist 167 (2006) 739-744.


    2005

    B. BÍMOVÁ, R. C. KARN, J. PIÁLEK: The role of salivary androgen-binding protein in reproductive isolation between two subspecies of house mouse: Mus musculus musculus and Mus musculus domesticus, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84 (2005) 349-361.

    E. BOŽÍKOVÁ, P. MUNCLINGER, K. C. TEETER, P. K. TUCKER, M. MACHOLÁN, J. PIÁLEK: Mitochondrial DNA in the hybrid zone between Mus musculus musculus and Mus musculus domesticus: a comparison of two transects, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84 (2005) 363-378.

    J. PIÁLEK, H. C. HAUFFE, J. B. SEARLE: Chromosomal variation in the house mouse, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84 (2005) 535-563.

    J. PIÁLEK, T. ALBRECHT: Choosing mates: complementary versus compatible genes, Trends in Ecology & Evolution 20 (2005) 63.

    M. VYSKOČILOVÁ, Z. TRACHTULEC, J. FOREJT, J. PIÁLEK: Does geography matter in hybrid sterility in house mice?, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84 (2005) 663-674.