prof. RNDr. Jan Zima, DrSc.
Position: full-time researcher
Research topics: cytogenetics and biodiversity
Department: Research facility Brno
Phone: +420 543 422 553
E-mail: jzima
brno.cas.cz
Research interests
- comparative and evolutionary cytogenetics,
- systematics,
- phylogeny of the mammals and biodiversity.
Finished Projects
A multidisciplinary study of hybrid zones in the common shrew (2004-2007)
Biodiversity Research Center (2005-2011)
Genetic structure of chamois populations in Central Europe (2006-2009)
Education
- 1970-1975: undergraduate study - Charles University Prague, Faculty of Science.
- 1976-1981: Ph.D. study - Institute of Vertebrate Zoology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in Brno.
- 1995: DrSc. (D.Sc.) Degree - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
- 1996: habilitation (Assoc. Prof.) - Charles University Prague, Faculty of Science.
- 2004: full professor - Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science.
Employment
- 1981-1993: Institute of Vertebrate Zoology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences - research fellow.
- 1993-1998: Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - head of laboratory.
- 1998-2006: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - chairman of the Scientific Board (1998-2000), director (2000-2006).
- 2007-2009: Institute of Verterbrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i. (public research organization) - director.
- 1996-present: Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology - associate professor, full professor since 2005.
- 2009-present: member of the Academy Council of the Academy of Sciencies of the Czech republic.
Project
Bat adaptations to the fungal disease geomycosis (2012-2015)
Recent books
- Gaisler J. & Zima J., 2007: Zoologie obratlovců. 2. přepracované vydání. [Vertebrate Zoology. 2nd ed., in Czech] Academia, Praha, 692 s. ISBN 978-80-200-1484-9 (order here).
- Aulagnier S., Haffner P., Mitchell-Jones A.J., Moutou F., Zima J., 2009: Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. A&C Black Publishers, London, 272 pp.ISBN 978-1-4081-1399-8 (order here).
Publications
2015Arslan A., Zima J.: Chromosome banding pattern retrieves an independent origin of 2n = 50 chromosome populations of Nannospalax xanthodon from Turkey, Mammalian Biology (2015) .
Arslan A., Zima J., Albayrak I., Yorulmaz T., Arslan E.: C-heterochromatin and NORs distribution in karyotypes of three vespertilionid bat species from Turkey, Biologia 70 (2015) 400-405.
Arslan A., Zima J.: Heterochromatin distribution and localization of nucleolar organizing regions in the 2n = 52 cytotypes of Nannospalax xanthodon and N. ehrenbergi from Turkey, Zoological Studies 54 (2015) 6.
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) .
2014Arslan A., Zima J.: Karyotypes of the mammals of Turkey and neighbouring regions: a review, Folia zoologica 63 (2014) 1-62.
Arslan A., Zima J., Yorulmaz T., Arslan E.: A new cytotype (2n=46) of Nannospalax xanthodon from Turkey, Zoology in the Middle East 60 (2014) 283-287.
Arslan A., Zima J.: The C-Banding and Ag-NOR Distribution Patterns in the Fallow Deer Dama dama (Mammalia: Cervidae) from Turkey, Cytologia 79 (2014) 181-185.
Arslan A., Arisoy A., Zima J.: Comparison of the Chromosome Banding Pattern in the 2n = 5 6 Cytotypes of Nannospalax leucodon and N. xanthodon from Turkey, Scientific World Journal 2014 (2014) 121690.
2013Arslan A., Zima J.: Distribution of C-heterochromatin and nucleolar organizer regions in the karyotype of marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna (Carnivora: Mustelidae), Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 65 (2013) 557-560.
Arslan A., Zima J.: The banded karyotype of the 2n=58 chromosomal race of mole rats from Erzincan, Turkey, Folia zoologica 62 (2013) 19-23.
Arslan A., Zima J., Koubínová D., Yorulmaz T., Toyran K., Gözütok S.: Karyotypes of three gerbil species of the genera Tatera and Gerbilliscus from Turkey and Senegal, North-Western Journal of Zoology 9 (2013) 57-62.
Arslan A., Arisoy A., Zima J.: The chromosome banding pattern in two cytotypes (2n = 36 and 38) of blind mole rats from Turkey (Mammalia: Spalaxidae), Zoology in the Middle East 59 (2013) 95-100.
Arslan A., Zima J., Yorulmaz T., Gözütok S., Toyran K.: Chromosome banding pattern in fat dormouse and bank vole (Mammalia: Rodentia) from Turkey, Folia Biologica-Krakow 61 (2013) 47-51.
Koubínová D., Irwin N., Hulva P., Koubek P., Zima J.: Hidden diversity in Senegalese bats and associated findings in the systematics of the family Vespertilionidae, Frontiers in Zoology 10 (2013) 48.
Sadílek D., Šťáhlavský F., Vilímová J., Zima J.: Extensive fragmentation of the X chromosome in the bed bug Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758 (Heteroptera, Cimicidae): a survey across Europe, Comparative Cytogenetics 7 (2013) 253-269.
Yorulmaz T., Zima J., Arslan A., Kankilic T.: Variations in C-heterochromatin and AgNOR distribution in the common vole (Microtus arvalis sensu lato) (Mammalia: Rodentia), Archives of Biological Sciences 65 (2013) 989-995.
Zima J., Arslan A., Benda P., Macholán M., Kryštufek B.: Chromosomal variation in social voles: a Robertsonian fusion in Günther‘s vole, Acta Theriologica 58 (2013) 255-265.
2012Arslan A., Zima J.: Cytogenetic investigations in Sciurus anomalus from Turkish Thrace (Rodentia: Sciuridae), Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 64 (2012) 421-426.
Arslan A., Yorulmaz T., Toyran K., Albayrak I., Zima J.: C-banding and Ag-NOR distribution patterns in Euphrates jerboa, Allactaga euphratica (Mammalia: Rodentia), from Turkey, Mammalia 76 (2012) 435-439.
Horn A., Basset P., Yannic G., Banaszek A., Borodin P. M., Bulatova N. S., Jadwiszczak K., Jones R. M., Polyakov A. V., Ratkiewicz M., Searle J. B., Shchipanov N. A., Zima J., Hausser J.: Chromosomal rearrangements do not seem to affect the gene flow in hybrid zones between karyotypic races of the common shrew (Sorex araneus), Evolution 66 (2012) 882-889.
Pikula J., Bandouchová H., Novotný L., Meteyer C. U., Zukal J., Irwin N. R., Zima J., Martínková N.: Histopathology confirms White-Nose Syndrome in bats in Europe, Journal of Wildlife Diseases 48 (2012) 207-211.
2011Arslan A., Sükrüye A., Zima J.: Variation in C-heterochromatin and NOR distribution among chromosomal races of mole rats (Spalacidae) from Central Anatolia,Turkey, Mammalian Biology 76 (2011) 28-35.
Arslan A., Yorulmaz T., Toyran K., Gözütok S., Zima J.: C-heterochromatin variation and NOR distribution in the Karyotype of water vole, Arvicola terrestris (Mammalia, Rodentia), Caryologia 64 (2011) 215-222.
Arslan A., Zima J.: Banded karyotype of the Konya wild sheep (Ovis orientalis anatolica Valenciennes, 1856) from Turkey, Comparative Cytogenetics 5 (2011) 81-89.
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.
2010Arslan A., Zima J.: Banded karyotypes of Allactaga williamsi from Central Anatolia, Turkish Journal of Zoology 34 (2010) 533-537.
Koubínová D., Sreepada K. S., Koubek P., Zima J.: Karyotypic variation in rhinolophid and hipposiderid bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae, Hipposideridae), Acta Chiropterologica 12 (2010) 393-400.
Kryštufek B., Vohralík V., Zima J., Koubínová D., Bužan E. V.: A new subspecies of the Iranian Vole, Microtus irani Thomas, 1921, from Turkey, Zoology in the Middle East 50 (2010) 11-18.
Martínková N., Bačkor P., Bartonička T., Blažková P., Červený J., Falteisek L., Gaisler J., Hanzal V., Horáček D., Hubálek Z., Jahelková H., Kolařík M., Korytár Ľ., Kubátová A., Lehotská B., Lehotský R., Lučan R. K., Májek O., Matějů J., Řehák Z., Šafář J., Tájek P., Tkadlec E., Uhrin M., Wagner J., Weinfurtová D., Zima J., Zukal J., Horáček I.: Increasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, PLoS ONE 5 (2010) .
2009Rudá M., Žiak D., Gauffre B., Zima J., Martínková N.: Comprehensive cross-amplification of microsatellite multiplex sets across the rodent genus Microtus, Molecular Ecology Resources 9 (2009) 974-978.
2008Arslan A., Zima J., Özparlak H.: C-heterochromatin variation in the karyotype reflects species level distinction between Erinaceus roumanicus and E. concolor (Eulipotyphla: Erinaceidae) in Turkey, Zootaxa 1961 (2008) 1-10.
Krojerová-Prokešová J., Barančeková M., Šímová P., Šálek M., Anděra M., Bejček V., Hanák V., Hanel L., Lusk S., Mikátová B., Moravec J., Šťastný K., Zima J.: Species richness of vertebrates in the Czech Republic, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 452-464.
Kryštufek B., Baxter R. M., Haberl W., Zima J., Bužan E. V.: Systematics and biogeography of the Mozambique thicket rat, Grammomys cometes, in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Journal of Mammalogy 89 (2008) 325-335.
Sreepada K. S., Koubínová D., Konečný A., Koubek P., Ráb P., Rábová M., Zima J.: Karyotypes of three species of molossid bats (Molossidae, Chiroptera) from India and western Africa, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 347-357.
2007Hájková 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.
Macholán M., Munclinger P., Šugerková M., Dufková P., Bímová B., Božíková E., Zima J., Piálek J.: Genetic analysis of autosomal and X-linked markers across a mouse hybrid zone, Evolution 61 (2007) 746-771.
Martínková N., Zima J., Jaarola M., Macholán M., Spitzenberger F.: The origin and phylogenetic relationships of Microtus bavaricus based on karyotype and mitochondrial DNA sequences, Folia zoologica 56 (2007) 39-49.
Searle J. B., Hausser J., Zima J., Fredga K., Wójcik J. M., Volobouev V. T., Bulatova N. S., Nadjafova R.: The ISACC heritage, Russian Journal of Theriology 6 (2007) 123-167.
2006Hájková 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.
Kotlík P., Deffontaine V., Mascheretti S., Zima J., Michaux J. R., Searle J. B.: A northern glacial refugium for bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103 (2006) 14860-14864.
2005Hubálek Z., Burda H., Scharff A., Heth G., Nevo E., Šumbera R., Peško J., Zima J.: Emmonsiosis of subterranean rodents (Bathyergidae, Spalacidae) in Africa and Israel, Medical Mycology 43 (2005) 691-697.
