Barbora Zemanová

Mgr. Barbora Zemanová, Ph.D.

Position: post-doc
Research topics: conservation genetics
Department: External research facility Studenec
Phone: +420 560 590 612
E-mail: barca_zemanovacentrum.cz

Research Interests

• conservation genetics,
• non-invasive genetic sampling,
• population genetics and molecular ecology.

PhD thesis is aimed at genetic variability in populations of chamois in Slovakia and the genetic structure, i.e. gene flow between the populations. This is studied using several types of genetic markers – nuclear microsatellites, the major histocompatibility complex gene (MHC II DRB) and mitochondrial marker (D-loop). The study deals also with hybridization between two subspecies of chamois – autochthonous Tatra chamois and introduced Alpine chamois – which occur in Slovakia.

Education

• 2006: undergraduate study - Masaryk University, Brno, Faculty of Science, Systematic Biology and Ecology and Teacher Training in Biology. Thesis: Assessment of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) population size and structure in Třeboňsko PLA & BR (Czech Republic) using non-invasive genetic sampling.
• 2006-present: PhD study - Masaryk University, Brno a Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Faculty of Science, zoology. Thesis: Genetic structure of chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) populations in Central Europe.

Project participations

• 2003-2005: Assessment of population size and population structure of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in different habitats by a non-invasive genetic method
• 2006-2009: Genetic structure of chamois populations in Central Europe
• 2008-2010: Filling gaps in the knowledge of biology and ecology of the Eurasian otter: ecological modelling
• 2008-2010: Genetic consequences of population decline in Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) populations in the Czech and Slovak Republics

Publications

Zemanová B., Hájková P., Hájek B., Martínková N., Mikulíček P., Zima J., Bryja J.: Extremely low genetic variation in endangered Tatra chamois and evidence for hybridization with an introduced Alpine population, Conservation Genetics (2015) .

Buzan E. V., Bryja J., Zemanová B., Kryštufek B.: Population genetics of chamois in the contact zone between the Alps and the Dinaric Mountains: uncovering the role of habitat fragmentation and past management, Conservation Genetics 14 (2013) 401-412.

Martínková N., Zemanová B., Kranz A., Giménez M. D., Hájková P.: Chamois introductions to Central Europe and New Zealand, Folia zoologica 61 (2012) 239-245.

Demontis D., Czarnomska S. D., Hájková P., Zemanová B., Bryja J., Loeschcke V., Pertoldi C.: Characterization of 151 SNPs for population structure analysis of the endangered Tatra chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica) and its relative, the Alpine chamois (R. r. rupicapra), Mammalian Biology 76 (2011) 644-645.

Zemanová B., Hájková P., Bryja J., Zima Jr. J., Hájková A., Zima J.: Development of multiplex microsatellite sets for noninvasive population genetic study of the endangered Tatra chamois, Folia zoologica 60 (2011) 70-80.

An J., Choi S-K., Sommer J., Louis jr. E., Brenneman R., Zemanová B., Hájková P., Park G., Min M-S., Kim K-S., Lee H.: A core set of microsatellite markers for conservation genetics studies of Korean goral (Naemorhedus caudatus) and its cross-species amplification in Caprinae species, Journal of Veterinary Science 11 (2010) 351-353.

Hájková P., Zemanová B., Roche K., Hájek B.: An evaluation of field and noninvasive genetic methods for estimating Eurasian otter population size, Conservation Genetics 10 (2009) 1667-1681.

Hájková P., Pertoldi C., Zemanová B., Roche K., Hájek B., Bryja J., Zima J.: Genetic structure and evidence for recent population decline in Eurasian otter populations in the Czech and Slovak Republics: implications for conservation, Journal of Zoology 272 (2007) 1-9.

Hájková P., Zemanová B., Bryja J., Hájek B., Roche K., Tkadlec E., Zima J.: Factors affecting success of PCR amplification of microsatellite loci from otter faeces, Molecular Ecology Notes 6 (2006) 559-562.