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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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…

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

Stierandová S., Vukic J., Vasil'eva E. D., Zogaris S., Shumka S., Halačka K., Vetešník L., Švátora M., Nowak M., Stefanov T., Koščo J., Mendel J.: A multilocus assessment of nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data elucidates phylogenetic relationships among European spirlins (Alburnoides, Cyprinidae), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2015) .

Venclíková K., Mendel J., Betášová L., Blažejová H., Jedličková P., Straková P., Hubálek Z., Rudolf I.: Neglected tick-borne pathogens in the Czech Republic, 2011–2014, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 7 (2016) 107-112.

Jurajda P., Adámek Z., Janáč M., Roche K., Mikl L., Rederer L., Zapletal T., Koza V., Špaček J.: Use of multiple fish-removal methods during biomanipulation of a drinking water reservoir – Evaluation of the first four years, Fisheries Research 173 (2016) 101-108.

Phillips B. L., Baird Stuart J. E.: Spatial sorting unlikely to promote maladaptive hybridization: response to Lowe, Muhlfeld, and Allendorf, Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30 (2015) 564-565.

Gvoždík L., Smolinský R.: Body size, swimming speed, or thermal sensitivity? Predator-imposed selection on amphibian larvae, BMC Evolutionary Biology 15 (2015) 238.

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Calendar of Events

Life Sciences - seminar series
24. 9. 2015 - 17. 12. 2015
Find attached a program of Life Sciences seminars in the University Campus Bohunice.
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Program zoologického semináře
24. 9. 2015 - 17. 12. 2015
Attached find a program of zoological seminars in University Campus Bohunice, every Thursday at 13:00.
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