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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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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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…

Skorec vodní patří mezi věrné ptačí druhy
Vědci odchytávali skorce vodní hnízdící u říčky Fryšávky. Zkoumali hladinu stresových hormonů, cukrovku i ptačí nevěru.
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New Publications

Gohli J., Lifjeld J. T., Albrecht T.: Migration distance is positively associated with sex-linked genetic diversity in passerine birds, Ethology, Ecology and Evolution (2015) .

Reichard M., Cellerino A., Valenzano D. R.: Turquoise killifish: quick guide, Current Biology 25 (2015) .

Schmutz S., Jurajda P., Kaufmann S., Lorenz A. W., Muhar S., Paillex A., Poppe M., Wolter C.: Response of fish assemblages to hydromorphological restoration in central and northern European rivers, Hydrobiologia (2015) .

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) .

Pečnerová P., Moravec Jiří C., Martínková N.: A skull might lie: modelling ancestral ranges and diet from genes and shape of tree squirrels, Systematic Biology (2015) .

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Project days ON OWN EYES for primary and secondary schools
16. 9. 2015 - 17. 9. 2015

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