Mgr. Pavlína Opatová, Ph.D.


Position: post-doc
Research topics: evolutionary ecology and ecophysiology
Department: External research facility Studenec
Phone: +420 560 590 612
E-mail: p.opatovagmail.com

Research interests

  • sexual selection,
  • reproductive biology,
  • sperm biology.

Education

  • 2008-2011: undergraduate study - Masaryk university Brno, Faculty of Science, Systematic Biology - Zoology.
  • 2008-2010: undergraduate study - Masaryk university Brno, Faculty of Science, General Biology - Physiology of Animals.
  • 2012-2017: Ph.D. study - Masaryk university Brno, Faculty of Science, Zoology. Ph.D. thesis: Genetic and environmental factors affecting sperm phenotype in the Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), (supervisor T.Albrecht).

Publications

2017

Edme A., Zobač P., Opatová P., Šplíchalová P., Munclinger P., Albrecht T., Krist M.: Do ornaments, arrival date, and sperm size influence mating and paternity success in the collared flycatcher?, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71 (2017) .

Forstmeier W., Ihle M., Opatová P., Martin K., Knief U., Albrechtová J., Albrecht T., Kempenaers B.: Testing the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis in the presence and absence of inbreeding, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30 (2017) 968-976.

Knief U., Forstmeier W., Pei Y., Ihle M., Wang D., Martin K., Opatová P., Albrechtová J., Wittig M., Franke A., Albrecht T., Kempenaers B.: A sex-chromosome inversion causes strong overdominance for sperm traits that affect siring\nsuccess, Nature Ecology & Evolution 1 (2017) 1177-1184.

Tomášek O., Albrechtová J., Němcová M., Opatová P., Albrecht T.: Trade-off between carotenoid-based sexual ornamentation and sperm resistance to oxidative challenge, Proceedings of the Royal Society. B - Biological Sciences 284 (2017) .


2016

Opatová P., Ihle M., Albrechtová J., Tomášek O., Kempenaers B., Forstmeier W., Albrecht T.: Inbreeding depression of sperm traits in the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata, Ecology and Evolution 6 (2016) 295-304.