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doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja, Ph.D.


Position: head of the facility
Research topics: molecular ecology
Department: External research facility Studenec
Phone: +420 560 590 601
E-mail: bryjabrno.cas.cz

Research interests

  • molecular ecology of vertebrates (interactions between neutral and adaptive genetic variation, immunogenetics, sexual selection, conservation genetics, immunogenetics),
  • ecology of mammals, especially rodents (sex ratio, population dynamics, structure of communities),
  • phylogeography, phylogeny and systematics of small mammals, especially in Africa.

Running Projects

BIOM: Vzdělávací centrum pro biodiverzitu – Mohelský mlýn

Evoluce hlodavců a jejich parazitů v otevřených biotopech východní Afriky

Finished Projects

Biology of African mole-rats from mesic tropic areas (2008-2011)

Comparative phylogeography of Zambezian region in Southeastern Africa using small mammals as a model

Conservation genetics of selected vertebrates in the Western Balkans (2008-2009)

Genetic structure of the freshwater pearl mussel in the Czech Republic (2009-2010)

Intraspecific variability of populations of two cryptic bat species of genus Pipistrellus in Central Europe (2006-2008)

Next-generation technologies in evolutionary genetics

PROVAZ: PROpojení Vzdělávání A nových přístupů v Zoologicko-ekologickém výzkumu - od teorie k praxi

The role of MHC in sexual selection - observational and experimental study in three model vertebrate species (2006-2008)

Toll-like receptors in passerine birds: description, characterization of polymorphism and evolutionary consequences of allelic variation

Utilization of genetic resources for effective corservation of endangered species (2010-2012)

Education

  • 1992-1997: undergraduate study in Systematic Zoology and Ecology - Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Science. Diploma thesis: Structure of communities of small terrestrial mammals in various habitats of the Protected Landscape Area of Poodří. (MSc.=Mgr.).
  • 1993-1998: undergraduate study in Molecular Biology and Genetics - Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Science. Diploma thesis: Preparation of truncated variant of gene coding for RXR alpha and its transfer to monoblast cell line BM2. (MSc.=Mgr.).
  • 1997-2000: Ph.D. study in Zoology - Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Science. Ph.D. thesis: Demographic characteristics of the common vole (Microtus arvalis) population in southern Moravia. (PhD.).

Employment

Institute of Vertebrate Biology, ASCR, Brno (IVB):

  • 1997-1998: research assistant, Brno
  • 1998-2009: junior researcher, Department of Population Biology of IVB, Brno and Studenec (responsible for the running of the Laboratory of molecular genetics in Studenec)
  • 2010-present: senior researcher, head of the Research Facility of IVB in Studenec
  • 2011-present: scientific secretary of IVB
  • 2012-present: head of the IVB´s Board

Department of Zoology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno:

  • 2003-2009: research assistant (part-time)
  • 2009-present: Associate Professor (part-time), Lectures: Molecular ecology, Genetic methods in zoology, Advances in zoology of vertebrates, Evolutionary analyses), supervising of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students.

International experience

  • 2004-2006: postdoctoral fellow, Centre de Biologie et Gestion des Populations, Montferriez sur Lez, France (projects on wildlife immunogenetics).
  • short visits and lectures at research institutes in France, Poland, Denmark, Belgium, Italy, Romania, etc.,
  • field expeditions in Africa (Senegal, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Madagascar).
  • 2009-2013: Member of the consortium ConGRESS (Conservation of Genetic Resources for Effective Species Survival), 7th Framework Programme of EC; 2012 - organization of two international workshops on conservation genetics (Slovakia, Hungary).

Current collaborations

  • Centre de Biologie et Gestion des Populations, Montferrier sur Lez, France (J.F. Cosson, M. Galan, N. Charbonnel, L. Granjon, J.M. Duplantier, G. Dobigny, C. Brouat, etc.)
  • Musée National d´Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France (V. Nicolas, C. Denys)
  • Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (M. McDonough)
  • University of Antwerps, Belgium (H. Leirs)
  • Field Museum in Chicago, USA (J. Kerbis Peterhans)
  • Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium (E. Verheyen).
  • Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania (R. Makundi, A. Massawe).
  • Mekelle University, Ethiopia (Y. Meheretu).
  • A.N.Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, Moscow, Russia (L. Lavrenchenko).

Actual Ph.D. students

  • Aghová Tatiana: Comparative phylogeography of the Somali-Maasai region in eastern Africa using selected rodent species as a model (co-supervised by R. Šumbera).
  • Bartáková Veronika: The effects of non-native species on host-parasite relationships (co-supervised by M. Reichard).
  • Čížková Dagmar: Major histocompatibility complex variation in the house mice hybrid zone.
  • Králová Tereza: The effect of life histories on the variation of immune genes in passerines - a comparative approach (co-supervised by T. Albrecht and M. Vinkler).
  • Mazoch Vladimír: Rodents of the Zambezian bioregion – phylogeny and diversity (co-advisor, supervised by R. Šumbera).
  • Těšíková Jana: Quantifying viral gene capture, and the host’s response, during passage across a species barrier: Murine cytomegalovirus in a house mouse hybrid zone. (co-advisor, supervised by J. Göuy de Bellocq).

Former Ph.D. students

  • Wasimuddin, 2014: Genetic variation of pathogens in the house mice hybrid zone. Masaryk University, Brno. (co-supervised by J.Gouy de Bellocq and J.Piálek).
  • Zemanová Barbora, 2014: Conservation genetics of chamois in Central Europe.Masaryk University, Brno. (supervisor).
  • Fornůsková Alena, 2013: The role of innate immunity genes in evolutionary ecology of rodents.Masaryk University, Brno and Université Montpellier II. (co-supervised by  J.F.Cosson and N. Charbonnel - Centre de Biologie pour Gestion des Populations, Montpellier, France).
  • Patzenhauerová-Konvičková Hana, 2013: Bathyergid rodents of mesic tropical regions: Phylogeography, kinship structure and mating systems. Masaryk University, Brno. (supervisor, co-supervised by R. Šumbera) .
  • Promerová Marta, 2011: Major histocompatibility complex genes: their variation and impact on fitness in a socially monogamous passerine. Masaryk University, Brno. (superviser, co-supervisor T.Albrecht).
  • Poláková Radka, 2011: The effect of genetic factors on reproductive success in a socially monogamous songbird. Masaryk University, Brno. (superviser, co-supervisor T.Albrecht).
  • Říčanová Štěpánka, 2011: Phylogeography and conservation genetics of the European ground squirrel. South Bohemian University, České Budějovice. (co-superviser, supervisor F.Sedláček).
  • Konečný Adam, 2009: Consequences of anthropogenic changes on rodent communities and populations: study cases on native and introduced species in Eastern Senegal. Masaryk University, Brno and Université Montpellier II. (co-supervised by J.M.Duplantier and J.F.Cosson - Centre de Biologie pour Gestion des Populations, Montpellier, France).
  • Hájková Petra, 2008: Conservation genetics of the Eurasian otter. Masaryk University, Brno. (co-superviser, supervisor P.Jurajda).

Publications

2015

Bartáková V., Reichard M., Blažek R., Polačik M., Bryja J.: Terrestrial fishes: rivers are barriers to gene flow in annual fishes from the African savanna, Journal of Biogeography 42 (2015) 1832-1844.

Jacquet F., Denys C., Verheyen E., Bryja J., Hutterer R., Kerbis Peterhans J. C., Stanley W. T., Goodman S. M., Couloux A., Colyn M., Nicolas V.: Phylogeography and evolutionary history of the Crocidura olivieri complex (Mammalia, Soricomorpha): from a forest origin to broad ecological expansion across Africa, BMC Evolutionary Biology 15 (2015) 71.

Jánová E., Bryja J., Čižmár D., Čepelka L., Heroldová M.: A new method for assessing food quality in common vole (Microtus arvalis) populations, European Journal of Wildlife Research 61 (2015) 57-62.

Kaňuch P., Aghová T., Meheretu Y., Šumbera R., Bryja J.: New discoveries on the ecology and echolocation of the heart-nosed bat Cardioderma cor with a contribution to the phylogeny of Megadermatidae, African Zoology 50 (2015) 53-57.

McDonough M. M., Šumbera R., Mazoch V., Ferguson A. W., Phillips C. D., Bryja J.: Multilocus phylogeography of a widespread savanna-woodland adapted rodent reveals the influence of Pleistocene geomorphology and climate change in Africa's Zambezi region, Molecular Ecology (2015) .

Meheretu Y., Šumbera R., Bryja J.: Enigmatic Ethiopian endemic rodent Muriculus imberbis (Rüppell 1842) represents a separate lineage within genus Mus, Mammalia 79 (2015) 15-23.

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.

Vinkler M., Bainová H., Bryjová A., Tomášek O., Albrecht T., Bryja J.: Characterisation of Toll-like receptors 4, 5 and 7 and their genetic variation in the grey partridge, Genetica 143 (2015) 101-112.

Winternitz J., Promerová M., Poláková R., Vinkler M., Schnitzer J., Munclinger P., Babik W., Radwan J., Bryja J., Albrecht T.: Effects of heterozygosity and MHC diversity on patterns of extra-pair paternity in the socially monogamous scarlet rosefinch, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69 (2015) 459-469.

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 16 (2015) 729-741.


2014

Bainová H., Králová T., Bryjová A., Albrecht T., Bryja J., Vinkler M.: First evidence of independent pseudogenization of Toll-like receptor 5 in passerine birds, Developmental and Comparative Immunology 45 (2014) 151-155.

Bryja J., Mikula O., Patzenhauerová H., Oguge N. O., Šumbera R., Verheyen E.: The role of dispersal and vicariance in the Pleistocene history of an East African mountain rodent, Praomys delectorum, Journal of Biogeography 41 (2014) 196-208.

Bryja J., Mikula O., Šumbera R., Meheretu Y., Aghová T., Lavrenchenko L. A., Mazoch V., Oguge N., Mbau J. S., Welegerima K., Amundala N., Colyn M., Leirs H., Verheyen E.: Pan-African phylogeny of Mus (subgenus Nannomys) reveals one of the most successful mammal radiations in Africa, BMC Evolutionary Biology 14 (2014) 256.

Fornůsková A., Petit E.J., Bartonička T., Kaňuch P., Butet A., Řehák Z., Bryja J.: Strong matrilineal structure in common pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) is associated with variability in echolocation calls, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113 (2014) 1115-1125.

Fornůsková A., Bryja J., Vinkler M., Macholán M., Piálek J.: 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.

Vinkler M., Bainová H., Bryja J.: Protein evolution of Toll-like receptors 4, 5 and 7 within Galloanserae birds, Genetics Selection Evolution 46 (2014) 72.


2013

Bartáková V., Reichard M., Janko K., Polačik M., Blažek R., Reichwald K., Cellerino A., Bryja J.: Strong population genetic structuring in an annual fish, Nothobranchius furzeri, suggests multiple savannah refugia in southern Mozambique, BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 (2013) 196.

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.

Ćosić N., Říčanová Š., Bryja J., Penezić A., Ćirović D.: Do rivers and human-induced habitat fragmentation affect genetic diversity and population structure of the European ground squirrel at the edge of its Pannonian range?, Conservation Genetics 14 (2013) 345-354.

Fornůsková A., Vinkler M., Pages M., Galan M., Jousselin E., Cerqueira F., Morand S., Charbonnel N., Bryja J., Cosson J.-F.: Contrasted evolutionary histories of two Toll-like receptors (Tlr4 and Tlr7) in wild rodents (MURINAE), BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 (2013) 194.

Hoban S., Gaggiotti O., Bertorelle G., Arntzen P., Bryja J., Fernandes M., Frith K., Galbusera P., Godoy J. A., Hauffe H. C., Hoelzel R., Nichols R., Perez-Espona S., Primmer C., Russo I.-R. M., Segelbacher G., Siegismund H. R., Sihvonen M., Sjoegren-Gulve P., Vernesi C., Vila C., Bruford M. W.: Sample Planning Optimization Tool for conservation and population Genetics (SPOTG): a software for choosing the appropriate number of markers and samples, Methods in Ecology and Evolution 4 (2013) 299-303.

Hoban S. M., Arntzen J. W., Bertorelle G., Bryja J., Fernandes M., Frith K., Gaggiotti O. E., Galbusera P., Godoy J. A., Hauffe H. C., Hoelzel A. R., Nichols R. A., Pérez-Espona S., Primmer C. R., Russo I.-R., Segelbacher G., Siegismund H. R., Sihvonen M., Sjögren-Gulve P., Vernesi C., Vila C., Bruford M. W.: Conservation Genetic Resources for Effective Species Survival (ConGRESS): Bridging the divide between conservation research and practice, Journal for Nature Conservation 21 (2013) 433-437.

Hoban S. M., Hauffe H. C., Pérez-Espona S., Arntzen J. W., Bertorelle G., Bryja J., Frith K., Gaggiotti O. E., Galbusera P., Godoy J. A., Hoelzel A. R., Nichols R. A., Primmer C. R., Russo I.-R., Segelbacher G., Siegismund H. R., Sihvonen M., Vernesi C., Vila C., Bruford M. W.: Bringing genetic diversity to the forefront of conservation policy and management, Conservation genetics resources 5 (2013) 593-598.

Konečný A., Estoup A., Duplantier J.-M., Bryja J., Ba K., Galan M., Tatard C., Cosson J.-F.: Invasion genetics of the introduced black rat (Rattus rattus) in Senegal, West Africa, Molecular Ecology 22 (2013) 286-300.

Patzenhauerová H., Šklíba J., Bryja J., Šumbera R.: Parentage analysis of Ansell’s mole-rat family groups indicates a high reproductive skew despite relatively relaxed ecological constraints on dispersal, Molecular Ecology 22 (2013) 4988-5000.

Promerová M., Králová T., Bryjová A., Albrecht T., Bryja J.: MHC class IIB Exon 2 Polymorphism in the Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) is shaped by selection, recombination and gene conversion, PLoS ONE 8 (2013) .

Říčanová Š., Koshev Y., Říčan O., Ćosić N., Ćirović D., Sedláček F., Bryja J.: Multilocus phylogeography of the European ground squirrel: cryptic interglacial refugia of continental climate in Europe, Molecular Ecology 22 (2013) 4256-4269.


2012

Bryja J., Mazoch V., Patzenhauerová H., Mateke C., Zima Jr. J., Šklíba J., Šumbera R.: Revised occurrence of rodents from the tribe Praomyini (Muridae) in Zambia based on mitochondrial DNA analyses: implications for biogeography and conservation, Folia zoologica 61 (2012) 268-283.

Heroldová M., Bryja J., Jánová E., Suchomel J., Homolka M.: Rodent damage to natural and replanted mountain forest regeneration, Scientific World Journal 2012 (2012) 872536.

Malé P.-J, G., Martin J.-F., Galan M., Deffontaine V., Bryja J., Cosson J.-F., Michaux J., Charbonnel N.: Discongruence of Mhc and cytochrome b phylogeographical patterns in Myodes glareolus (Rodentia: Cricetidae), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105 (2012) 881-899.

Meheretu Y., Čížková D., Těšíková J., Welegerima K., Tomas Z., Kidane D., Girmay K., Schmidt-Chanasit J., Bryja J., Günther S., Bryjová A., Leirs H., Goüy de Bellocq J.: High diversity of RNA viruses in rodents, Ethiopia, Emerging Infectious Diseases 18 (2012) 2047-2050.

Poláková R., Schnitzer J., Vinkler M., Bryja J., Munclinger P., Albrecht T.: Effect of extra-pair paternity and parental quality on brood sex ratio in the scarlet rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus, Folia zoologica 61 (2012) 225-232.

Promerová M., Babik W., Bryja J., Albrecht T., Stuglik M., Radwan J.: Evaluation of two approaches to genotyping major histocompatibility complex class I in a passerine—CE-SSCP and 454 pyrosequencing, Molecular Ecology Resources 12 (2012) 285-292.

Reichard M., Spence R., Bryjová A., Bryja J., Smith C.: Female rose bitterling prefer MHC-dissimilar males: experimental evidence, PLoS ONE 7 (2012) .

Seifertová M., Bryja J., Vyskočilová M., Martínková N., Šimková A.: Multiple Pleistocene refugia and postglacial colonization in the European chub (Squalius cephalus) revealed by combined use of nuclear and mitochondrial markers, Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012) 1024-1040.

Šumbera R., Mazoch V., Patzenhauerová H., Lövy M., Šklíba J., Bryja J., Burda H.: Burrow architecture, family composition and habitat characteristics of the largest social African mole-rat: the giant mole-rat constructs really giant burrow systems, Acta Theriologica 57 (2012) 121-130.

Wasimuddin W., Čížková D., Ribas A., Piálek J., Goüy de Bellocq J., Bryja J.: 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.

Wasimuddin W., Čížková D., Bryja J., Albrechtová J., Hauffe H. C., Piálek J.: High prevalence and species diversity of Helicobacter spp. detected in wild house mice, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78 (2012) 8158-8160.


2011

Čížková D., Goüy de Bellocq J., Baird S. J. E., Piálek J., Bryja J.: Genetic structure and contrasting selection pattern at two major histocompatibility complex genes in wild house mouse populations, Heredity 106 (2011) 727-740.

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.

Jánová E., Heroldová M., Konečný A., Bryja J.: Traditional and diversified crops in South Moravia (Czech Republic): Habitat preferences of common vole and mice species, Mammalian Biology 76 (2011) 570-576.

Procházka P., Stokke B. G., Jensen H., Fainová D., Bellinvia E., Fossoy F., Vikan J. R., Bryja J., Soler M.: Low genetic differentiation among reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus populations across Europe, Journal of avian biology 42 (2011) 103-113.

Promerová M., Vinkler M., Bryja J., Poláková R., Schnitzer J., Munclinger P., Albrecht T.: Occurrence of extra-pair paternity is connected to social male’s MHC-variability in the scarlet rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus, Journal of avian biology 42 (2011) 5-10.

Reichard M., Bryja J., Polačik M., Smith C.: No evidence for host specialization or host-race formation in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), a fish that parasitizes freshwater mussels, Molecular Ecology 20 (2011) 3631-3643.

Říčanová Š., Bryja J., Cosson J.-F., Gedeon C., Choleva L., Ambros M., Sedláček F.: Depleted genetic variation of the European ground squirrel in Central Europe in both microsatellites and the major histocompatibility complex gene: implications for conservation, Conservation Genetics 12 (2011) 1115-1129.

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.


2010

Agbali M., Reichard M., Bryjová A., Bryja J., Smith C.: Mate choice for nonadditive genetic benefits correlate with MHC dissimilarity in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus), Evolution 64 (2010) 1683-1696.

Bartonička T., Kaňuch P., Bímová B., Bryja J.: Olfactory discrimination between two cryptic species of bats Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus, Folia zoologica 59 (2010) 175-182.

Bryja J., Uhrin M., Kaňuch P., Bémová P., Martínková N., Zukal J.: Mitochondrial DNA confirms low genetic variation of the greater mouse-eared bats, Myotis myotis, in Central Europe, Acta Chiropterologica 12 (2010) 73-81.

Bryja J., Granjon L., Dobigny G., Patzenhauerová H., Konečný A., Duplantier J.-M., Gauthier P., Colyn M., Durnez L., Lalis A., Nicolas V.: Plio-Pleistocene history of West African Sudanian savanna and the phylogeography of the Praomys daltoni complex (Rodentia): the environment/geography/genetic interplay, Molecular Ecology 19 (2010) 4783-4799.

Bryja J., Smith C., Konečný A., Reichard M.: Range-wide population genetic structure of the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus) based on microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis, Molecular Ecology 19 (2010) 4708-4722.

Bužan E. V., Kryštufek B., Bryja J.: Microsatellite markers confirm extensive population fragmentation of the endangered Balkan palaeoendemic Martino’s vole (Dinaromys bogdanovi), Conservation Genetics 11 (2010) 1783-1794.

Heroldová M., Pejčoch M., Bryja J., Jánová E., Suchomel J., Tkadlec E.: Tula virus in populations of small terrestrial mammals in a rural landscape, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 10 (2010) 599-603.

Hulva P., Fornůsková A., Chudárková A., Evin A., Allegrini B., Benda P., Bryja J.: Mechanisms of radiation in a bat group from the genus Pipistrellus inferred by phylogeography, demography and population genetics, Molecular Ecology 19 (2010) 5417-5431.

Charbonnel N., Bryja J., Galan M., Deter J., Tollenaere C., Chaval Y., Morand S., Cosson J.-F.: Negative relationships between cellular immune response, Mhc class II heterozygosity and secondary sexual trait in the montane water vole, Evolutionary Applications 3 (2010) 279-290.

Jánová E., Nesvadbová J., Heroldová M., Bryja J.: Effectiveness of two trapping protocols for studying the demography of common voles, Hystrix 21 (2010) 189-193.

Kaňuch P., Fornůsková A., Bartonička T., Bryja J., Řehák Z.: Do two cryptic pipistrelle bat species differ in their autumn and winter roosting strategies within the range of sympatry?, Folia zoologica 59 (2010) 102-107.

Konečný A., Koubek P., Bryja J.: Indications of higher diversity and abundance of small rodents in human-influenced Sudanian savannah than in the Niokolo Koba National Park (Senegal), African Journal of Ecology 48 (2010) 718-726.

Patzenhauerová H., Bryja J., Šumbera R.: Kinship structure and mating system in a solitary subterranean rodent, the silvery mole-rat, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64 (2010) 757-767.


2009

Albrecht T., Vinkler M., Schnitzer J., Poláková R., Munclinger P., Bryja J.: Extra-pair fertilizations contribute to selection on secondary male ornamentation in a socially monogamous passerine, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22 (2009) 2020-2030.

Bryja J., Kaňuch P., Fornůsková A., Bartonička T., Řehák Z.: Low population genetic structuring of two cryptic bat species suggests their migratory behaviour in continental Europe, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 96 (2009) 103-114.

Clift L. E., Andrlíková P., Frolíková M., Stopka P., Bryja J., Flanagan B. F., Johnson P. M., Dvořáková-Hortová K.: Absence of spermatozoal CD46 protein expression and associated rapid acrosome reaction rate in striped field mice (Apodemus agrarius), Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 7 (2009) 1-9.

Kryštufek B., Bryja J., Bužan E. V.: Mitochondrial phylogeography of the European ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus, yields evidence on refugia for steppic taxa in the southern Balkans, Heredity 103 (2009) 129-135.

Promerová M., Albrecht T., Bryja J.: Extremely high MHC class I variation in a population of a long-distance migrant, the Scarlet Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus), Immunogenetics 61 (2009) 451-461.

Reichard M., Ondračková M., Bryjová A., Smith C., Bryja J.: Breeding resource distribution affects selection gradients on male phenotypic traits: experimental study on lifetime reproductive success in the bitterling fish (Rhodeus amarus), Evolution 63 (2009) 377-390.

Vinkler M., Bryjová A., Albrecht T., Bryja J.: Identification of the first toll-like receptor gene in passerine birds: TLR4 orthologue in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), Tissue Antigens 74 (2009) 32-41.


2008

Bryja J., Patzenhauerová H., Albrecht T., Mošanský L., Stanko M., Stopka P.: Varying levels of female promiscuity in four Apodemus mice species, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63 (2008) 251-260.

Deter J., Bryja J., Chaval Y., Galan M., Henttonen H., Laakkonen J., Voutilainen L., Vapalahti O., Vaheri A., Salvador A. R., Morand S., Cosson J.-F., Charbonnel N.: Association between the DQA MHC class II gene and Puumala virus infection in Myodes glareolus, the bank vole, Infection, Genetics and Evolution (2008) 450-458.

Heroldová M., Tkadlec E., Bryja J., Zejda J.: Wheat or barley? Feeding preferences affect distribution of three rodent species in agricultural landscape, Applied Animal Behaviour Science 110 (2008) 354-362.

Jánová E., Heroldová M., Bryja J.: Conspicuous demographic and individual changes in a population of the common vole in a set-aside alfalfa field, Annales Zoologici Fennici 45 (2008) 39-54.

Nicolas V., Bryja J., Akpatou B., Konečný A., Lecompte E., Colyn M., Lalis A., Couloux A., Denys C., Granjon L.: Comparative phylogeography of two sibling species of forest-dwelling rodent (Praomys rostratus and P. tullbergi) in West Africa: different reactions to past forest fragmentation, Molecular Ecology 17 (2008) 5118-5134.

Reichard M., Smith C., Bryja J.: Seasonal change in the opportunity for sexual selection, Molecular Ecology 17 (2008) 642-651.

Řehák Z., Bartonička T., Bryja J., Gaisler J.: New records of the Alcathoe bat, Myotis alcathoe in Moravia (Czech Republic), Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 465-469.

Tollenaere C., Bryja J., Galan M., Cadet P., Deter J., Chaval Y., Berthier K., Ribas Salvador A., Voutilainen L., Laakkonen J., Henttonen H., Cosson J.-F., Charbonnel N.: Multiple parasites mediate balancing selection at two MHC class II genes in the fossorial water vole: insights from multivariate analyses and population genetics, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21 (2008) 1307-1320.

Tóthová A., Knoz J., Sonnek R., Bryja J., Vaňhara J.: Taxonomic problems in the subgenus Meloehelea Wirth of the genus Atrichopogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) inferred from both morphological and molecular characters, Entomologica Fennica 19 (2008) 1-12.


2007

Albrecht T., Schnitzer J., Kreisinger J., Exnerová A., Bryja J., Munclinger P.: Extrapair paternity and the opportunity for sexual selection in long-distant migratory passerines, Behavioral Ecology 18 (2007) 477-486.

Bryja J., Kment P.: True bugs (Heteroptera) of the Bukovské vrchy Hills (Poloniny National Park, Slovakia), Acta Musei Moraviae. Scientiae biologicae = Časopis Moravského muzea. Vědy biologické - Scientiae biologicae 92 (2007) 1-51.

Bryja J., Charbonnel N., Berthier K., Galan M., Cosson J.-F.: Density-related changes in selection pattern for major histocompatibility complex genes in fluctuating populations of voles, Molecular Ecology 16 (2007) 5084-5097.

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.

Heroldová M., Bryja J., Zejda J., Tkadlec E.: Structure and diversity of small mammal communities in agriculture landscape, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2007) 206-210.

Kaňuch P., Hájková P., Řehák Z., Bryja J.: A rapid PCR-based test for species identification of two cryptic bats Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus and its application on museum and dropping samples, Acta Chiropterologica 9 (2007) 277-282.

Kaňuch P., Fornůsková A., Bartonička T., Bryja J.: Multiplex panels of polymorphic microsatellite loci for two cryptic bat species of the genus cross-species amplification within the family Vespertilionidae, Molecular Ecology Notes 7 (2007) 871-873.

Kment P., Bryja J.: Description of Nasocoris lautereri sp. nov. from the Balkan peninsula, with a review of the genus Nasocoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), Zootaxa 1633 (2007) 39-61.

Loiseau A., Konečný A., Galan M., Bryja J., Cosson J.-F., Brouat C.: New polymorphic microsatellite loci for rodents of the genus Mastomys using PCR multiplexing, and cross-species amplification in Myomys and Praomys, Molecular Ecology Notes 7 (2007) 684-687.

Poláková R., Vyskočilová M., Martin J.-F., Mays Jr. H. L., Hill G. E., Bryja J., Albrecht T.: A multiplex set of microsatellite markers for the scarlet rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus), Molecular Ecology Notes 7 (2007) 1375-1378.


2006

Bencová V., Kašpar T., Bryja J.: Sezónní a meziroční změny skladby potravy kalouse ušatého (Asio otus) na jižní Moravě, Tichodroma 18 (2006) 65-71.

Bryja J., Kment P.: Ploštice (Heteroptera) Chráněné krajinné oblasti Kokořínsko, Bohemia centralis 27 (2006) 267-294.

Bryja J., Galan M., Charbonnel N., Cosson J.-F.: Duplication, balancing selection and trans-species evolution explain the high levels of polymorphism of the DQA MHC class II gene in voles (Arvicolinae), Immunogenetics 58 (2006) 191-202.

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.

Kment P., Bryja J.: Revised occurrence of Heterotoma species (Heteroptera: Miridae) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with remarks on nomenclature, diagnostic characters and ecology, Acta Musei Moraviae. Scientiae biologicae = Časopis Moravského muzea. Vědy biologické - Scientiae biologicae 91 (2006) 7-52.

Tóthová A., Bryja J., Bejdák P., Vaňhara J.: Molecular markers used in phylogenetic studies of Diptera with a methodological overview, Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Biologica (2006) 125-133.


2005

Bryja J., Galan M., Charbonnel N., Cosson J.-F.: Analysis of major histocompatibility complex class II gene in water voles using capillary electrophoresis-single stranded conformation polymorphism, Molecular Ecology Notes 5 (2005) 173-176.

Bryja J., Nesvadbová J., Heroldová M., Jánová E., Losík J., Trebatická L., Tkadlec E.: Common vole (Microtus arvalis) population sex ratio: biases and process variation, Canadian Journal of Zoology - Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 83 (2005) 1391-1399.

Bryja J., Stopka P.: Facultative promiscuity in a presumably monogamous mouse Apodemus microps, Acta Theriologica 50 (2005) 189-196.

Heroldová M., Jánová E., Bryja J., Tkadlec E.: Set-aside plots - source of small mammal pests?, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 337-350.

Kment P., Bryja J., Jindra Z.: New records of true bugs (Heteroptera) of the Balkan peninsula, Acta entomologica slovenica 13 (2005) 9-20.

Kment P., Bryja J., Hradil K., Jindra Z.: New and interesting records of true bugs (Heteroptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia 3, Klapalekiana 41 (2005) 157-213.

Reichard M., Bryja J., Ondračková M., Dávidová M., Kaniewska P., Smith C.: Sexual selection for male dominance reduces opportunities for female mate choice in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus), Molecular Ecology 14 (2005) 1533-1542.