prof. RNDr. Jan Zima, DrSc.
Position: full-time researcher
Research topics: cytogenetics and biodiversity
Department: Research facility Brno
Phone: +420 543 422 553
E-mail: jzima
brno.cas.cz
Research interests
- comparative and evolutionary cytogenetics,
- systematics,
- phylogeny of the mammals and biodiversity.
Finished Projects
A multidisciplinary study of hybrid zones in the common shrew (2004-2007)
Biodiversity Research Center (2005-2011)
Genetic structure of chamois populations in Central Europe (2006-2009)
Marie Curie research training network SEXASEX Sex to asex: a case study on transitions and coexistence between sexual and asexual reproduction (2006-2008)
Education
- 1970-1975: undergraduate study - Charles University Prague, Faculty of Science.
- 1976-1981: Ph.D. study - Institute of Vertebrate Zoology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in Brno.
- 1995: DrSc. (D.Sc.) Degree - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
- 1996: habilitation (Assoc. Prof.) - Charles University Prague, Faculty of Science.
- 2004: full professor - Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science.
Employment
- 1981-1993: Institute of Vertebrate Zoology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences - research fellow.
- 1993-1998: Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - head of laboratory.
- 1998-2006: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - chairman of the Scientific Board (1998-2000), director (2000-2006).
- 2007-2009: Institute of Verterbrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i. (public research organization) - director.
- 1996-present: Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology - associate professor, full professor since 2005.
- 2009-present: member of the Academy Council of the Academy of Sciencies of the Czech republic.
Project
Bat adaptations to the fungal disease geomycosis (2012-2015)
- Gaisler J. & Zima J., 2007: Zoologie obratlovců. 2. přepracované vydání. [Vertebrate Zoology. 2nd ed., in Czech] Academia, Praha, 692 s. ISBN 978-80-200-1484-9 (order here).
- Aulagnier S., Haffner P., Mitchell-Jones A.J., Moutou F., Zima J., 2009: Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. A&C Black Publishers, London, 272 pp.ISBN 978-1-4081-1399-8 (order here).
Publications
2018Mahmoudi A., Zima J., Kryštufek B., Darvish J., Aliabadian M., Arslan A.: Systematic relationships within the Microtus arvalis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) group in Iran, inferred from cytogenetic analyses, Zoology in the Middle East 64 (2018) 1-8.
Seker P. S., Arslan A., Selvi E., Kankilic T., Zima J.: Variation in the Conventional and Banded Karyotypes among Populations of Arvicola amphibius (L., 1758) (Mammalia: Rodentia) from Turkey, Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 70 (2018) 147-152.
2017Arslan A., Zima J.: Heterochromatin distribution and localization of NORs in the 2n = 48 cytotypes of Nannospalax xanthodon and N. ehrenbergi, Turkish Journal of Zoology 41 (2017) 390-396.
Kankilic T., Arslan A., Seker P. S., Kankilic T., Toyran K., Zima J.: A new chromosomal race (2n=44) of Nannospalax xanthodon from Turkey (Mammalia: Rodentia), Zoology in the Middle East 63 (2017) 181-188.
Zárybnická M., Riegert J., Bejček V., Sedláček F., Šťastný K., Šindelář J., Heroldová M., Vilímová J., Zima J.: Long-term changes of small mammal communities in heterogenous landscapes of Central Europe, European Journal of Wildlife Research 63 (2017) .
2016Arslan A., Kankilic T., Yorulmaz T., Kankilic T., Zima J.: Comparison of the chromosome banding patterns in Dryomys laniger and D. nitedula from Turkey, Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (2016) 363-368.
Arslan A., Toyran K., Gözütok S., Yorulmaz T., Zima J.: Comparison of the chromosome banding patterns in three species of social voles (Microtus irani karamani, M. schidlovskii, M. anatolicus) from Turkey, Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (2016) 910-916.
Arslan A., Kryštufek B., Matur F., Zima J.: Review of chromosome races in blind mole rats (Spalax and Nannospalax), Folia zoologica 65 (2016) 249-301.
2015Arslan A., Zima J., Albayrak I., Yorulmaz T., Arslan E.: C-heterochromatin and NORs distribution in karyotypes of three vespertilionid bat species from Turkey, Biologia 70 (2015) 400-405.
Arslan A., Zima J.: Heterochromatin distribution and localization of nucleolar organizing regions in the 2n=52 cytotypes of Nannospalax xanthodon and N. ehrenbergi from Turkey, Zoological Studies 54 (2015) 6.
Arslan A., Zima J.: Chromosome banding pattern retrieves an independent origin of 2n = 50 chromosome populations of Nannospalax xanthodon from Turkey, Mammalian Biology 80 (2015) 440-445.
Gouveia A., Bejček V., Flousek J., Sedláček F., Šťastný K., Zima J., Yoccoz N. G., Stenseth N. C., Tkadlec E.: Long-term pattern of population dynamics in the field vole from central Europe: cyclic pattern with amplitude dampening, Population Ecology 57 (2015) 581-589.
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.
2014Arslan A., Arisoy A., Zima J.: Comparison of the Chromosome Banding Pattern in the 2n = 5 6 Cytotypes of Nannospalax leucodon and N. xanthodon from Turkey, Scientific World Journal 2014 (2014) 121690.
Arslan A., Zima J.: The C-Banding and Ag-NOR Distribution Patterns in the Fallow Deer Dama dama (Mammalia: Cervidae) from Turkey, Cytologia 79 (2014) 181-185.
Arslan A., Zima J.: Karyotypes of the mammals of Turkey and neighbouring regions: a review, Folia zoologica 63 (2014) 1-62.
Arslan A., Zima J., Yorulmaz T., Arslan E.: A new cytotype (2n=46) of Nannospalax xanthodon from Turkey, Zoology in the Middle East 60 (2014) 283-287.
2013Arslan A., Zima J.: Distribution of C-heterochromatin and nucleolar organizer regions in the karyotype of marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna (Carnivora: Mustelidae), Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 65 (2013) 557-560.
Arslan A., Zima J., Koubínová D., Yorulmaz T., Toyran K., Gözütok S.: Karyotypes of three gerbil species of the genera Tatera and Gerbilliscus from Turkey and Senegal, North-Western Journal of Zoology 9 (2013) 57-62.
Arslan A., Zima J.: The banded karyotype of the 2n=58 chromosomal race of mole rats from Erzincan, Turkey, Folia zoologica 62 (2013) 19-23.
Arslan A., Arisoy A., Zima J.: The chromosome banding pattern in two cytotypes (2n = 36 and 38) of blind mole rats from Turkey (Mammalia: Spalaxidae), Zoology in the Middle East 59 (2013) 95-100.
Arslan A., Zima J., Yorulmaz T., Gözütok S., Toyran K.: Chromosome banding pattern in fat dormouse and bank vole (Mammalia: Rodentia) from Turkey, Folia Biologica-Krakow 61 (2013) 47-51.
Koubínová D., Irwin N., Hulva P., Koubek P., Zima J.: Hidden diversity in Senegalese bats and associated findings in the systematics of the family Vespertilionidae, Frontiers in Zoology 10 (2013) 48.
Sadílek D., Šťáhlavský F., Vilímová J., Zima J.: Extensive fragmentation of the X chromosome in the bed bug Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758 (Heteroptera, Cimicidae): a survey across Europe, Comparative Cytogenetics 7 (2013) 253-269.
Yorulmaz T., Zima J., Arslan A., Kankilic T.: Variations in C-heterochromatin and AgNOR distribution in the common vole (Microtus arvalis sensu lato) (Mammalia: Rodentia), Archives of Biological Sciences 65 (2013) 989-995.
Zima J., Arslan A., Benda P., Macholán M., Kryštufek B.: Chromosomal variation in social voles: a Robertsonian fusion in Günther‘s vole, Acta Theriologica 58 (2013) 255-265.
2012Arslan A., Yorulmaz T., Toyran K., Albayrak I., Zima J.: C-banding and Ag-NOR distribution patterns in Euphrates jerboa, Allactaga euphratica (Mammalia: Rodentia), from Turkey, Mammalia 76 (2012) 435-439.
Arslan A., Zima J.: Cytogenetic investigations in Sciurus anomalus from Turkish Thrace (Rodentia: Sciuridae), Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 64 (2012) 421-426.
Horn A., Basset P., Yannic G., Banaszek A., Borodin P. M., Bulatova N. S., Jadwiszczak K., Jones R. M., Polyakov A. V., Ratkiewicz M., Searle J. B., Shchipanov N. A., Zima J., Hausser J.: Chromosomal rearrangements do not seem to affect the gene flow in hybrid zones between karyotypic races of the common shrew (Sorex araneus), Evolution 66 (2012) 882-889.
Pikula J., Banďouchová H., Novotný L., Meteyer C. U., Zukal J., Irwin N. R., Zima J., Martínková N.: Histopathology confirms White-Nose Syndrome in bats in Europe, Journal of Wildlife Diseases 48 (2012) 207-211.
2011Arslan A., Zima J.: Banded karyotype of the Konya wild sheep (Ovis orientalis anatolica Valenciennes, 1856) from Turkey, Comparative Cytogenetics 5 (2011) 81-89.
Arslan A., Sükrüye A., Zima J.: Variation in C-heterochromatin and NOR distribution among chromosomal races of mole rats (Spalacidae) from Central Anatolia,Turkey, Mammalian Biology 76 (2011) 28-35.
Arslan A., Yorulmaz T., Toyran K., Gözütok S., Zima J.: C-heterochromatin variation and NOR distribution in the Karyotype of water vole, Arvicola terrestris (Mammalia, Rodentia), Caryologia 64 (2011) 215-222.
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.
2010Arslan A., Zima J.: Banded karyotypes of Allactaga williamsi from Central Anatolia, Turkish Journal of Zoology 34 (2010) 533-537.
Koubínová D., Sreepada K. S., Koubek P., Zima J.: Karyotypic variation in rhinolophid and hipposiderid bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae, Hipposideridae), Acta Chiropterologica 12 (2010) 393-400.
Kryštufek B., Vohralík V., Zima J., Koubínová D., Bužan E. V.: A new subspecies of the Iranian Vole, Microtus irani Thomas, 1921, from Turkey, Zoology in the Middle East 50 (2010) 11-18.
Martínková N., Bačkor P., Bartonička T., Blažková P., Červený J., Falteisek L., Gaisler J., Hanzal V., Horáček D., Hubálek Z., Jahelková H., Kolařík M., Korytár Ľ., Kubátová A., Lehotská B., Lehotský R., Lučan R. K., Májek O., Matějů J., Řehák Z., Šafář J., Tájek P., Tkadlec E., Uhrin M., Wagner J., Weinfurtová D., Zima J., Zukal J., Horáček I.: Increasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, PLoS ONE 5 (2010) .
2009Rudá M., Žiak D., Gauffre B., Zima J., Martínková N.: Comprehensive cross-amplification of microsatellite multiplex sets across the rodent genus Microtus, Molecular Ecology Resources 9 (2009) 974-978.
2008Arslan A., Zima J., Özparlak H.: C-heterochromatin variation in the karyotype reflects species level distinction between Erinaceus roumanicus and E. concolor (Eulipotyphla: Erinaceidae) in Turkey, Zootaxa 1961 (2008) 1-10.
Krojerová-Prokešová J., Barančeková M., Šímová P., Šálek M., Anděra M., Bejček V., Hanák V., Hanel L., Lusk S., Mikátová B., Moravec J., Šťastný K., Zima J.: Species richness of vertebrates in the Czech Republic, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 452-464.
Kryštufek B., Baxter R. M., Haberl W., Zima J., Bužan E. V.: Systematics and biogeography of the Mozambique thicket rat, Grammomys cometes, in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Journal of Mammalogy 89 (2008) 325-335.
Sreepada K. S., Koubínová D., Konečný A., Koubek P., Ráb P., Rábová M., Zima J.: Karyotypes of three species of molossid bats (Molossidae, Chiroptera) from India and western Africa, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 347-357.
