Selecting Cuckoos

Interspecific brood parasitism represents a prime example of the coevolutionary arms race where each party has evolved strategies in response to the other.


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Host-parasite reversal

An invasive species reverses the roles in a host–parasite relationship between bitterling fish and unionid mussels.


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Avian promiscuity

Sperm competition represents an important component of post-copulatory sexual selection. It has been argued that the level of sperm competition declines in birds towards the equator.


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Diversity of afromontane forests

Montane forests in Eastern Africa represent one of the most important centres of world biodiversity. Studies of genetic variability of model species can shed light on the processes that have influenced their evolution.


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About the Institute

The Institute of Vertebrate Biology performs basic research of vertebrates to achieve original data about free-living animals concerning their genetic, population and species diversity, phylogeny, population dynamics, interactions with environment, and association with human and animal microbial pathogens.

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Invitation to summerschool of conservation genetic
10. 8. 2015 - 14. 8. 2015
The five-day workshop will take place at the field station IVB ASCR Mohelský mill from 10 to 14 of August 2015. This workshop will focus on the practical use of molecular methods in biodiversity conservation.
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National Animal Genetic Bank
Ústav biologie obratlovců spolu se svými partnery pracují na vytvoření sbírky genetických vzorků volně žijících obratlovců nejen naší fauny, která v České republice dosud chyběla…

Skorec vodní patří mezi věrné ptačí druhy
Vědci odchytávali skorce vodní hnízdící u říčky Fryšávky. Zkoumali hladinu stresových hormonů, cukrovku i ptačí nevěru.
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O genetické bance v magazínu Leonardo, Český rozhlas Plus
12. února 2015 informoval o záměru vytvoření genetické banky živočichů populárně naučný Magazín Leonardo (Český rozhlas Plus). Rozhovor s Michalem Vinklerem a Barborou Zemanovou vedl Štěpán Sedláček. Poslechněte si od 5. minuty a 35. sekundy ...

Studio 6: První genetická banka živočichů v Čechách
Rozhovor s profesorem Janem Zimou o založení genetické banky můžete shlédnout v archívu ČT1 (18. 1. 2015, Studio 6, 173.minuta)
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New Publications

Ogrzewalska M., Literák I., Čapek M., Sychra O., Calderón V. Á., Rodríguez B. C., Prudencio C., Martins T. F., Labruna M. B.: Bacteria of the genus Rickettsia in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from birds in Costa Rica, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 6 (2015) 478-482.

Jirků M., Votýpka J., Petrželková K., Jirků-Pomajbíková K., Kriegová E., Vodička R., Lankester F., Leendertz S. A. J., Wittig R. M., Boesch Ch., Modrý D., Ayala F. J., Leendertz F. H., Lukeš J.: Wild chimpanzees are infected by Trypanosoma brucei, International Journal for Parasitology 4 (2015) 277-282.

Piasečná K., Pončová A., Tejedo M., Gvoždík L.: Thermoregulatory strategies in an aquatic ectotherm from thermally-constrained habitats: an evaluation of current approaches, Journal of Thermal Biology 52 (2015) 97-107.

Smith C., Philips A., Reichard M.: Cognitive ability is heritable and predicts the success of an alternative mating tactic, Proceedings of the Royal Society. B - Biological Sciences 282 (2015) .

Popa O. P., Bartáková V., Bryja J., Reichard M., Popa L. O.: Characterization of nine microsatellite markers and development of multiplex PCRs for the Chinese huge musel Anodonta (Sinanodonta) woodiana Lea, 1834 (Mollusca, Bivalvia), Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 60 (2015) 234-237.

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