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.opatova
gmail.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
2017Edme 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) .
2016Opatová 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.
