prof. RNDr. Jan Zima DrSc.

Pozice vědecký pracovník kmenový
Zaměření cytogenetika a biodiversita
Pracoviště Pracoviště Brno

+420 543 422 553
Zima Jan

Výzkumné směry

  • srovnávací a evoluční cytogenetika,
  • systematika,
  • fylogeneze a ekologie savců.

Probíhající projekty

The 2nd European Mammal Atlas (2017–2023)

Ukončené projekty

Centrum pro biodiverzitu (2005–2011)
Genetická struktura populací kamzíka horského ve střední Evropě (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)
A multidisciplinary study of hybrid zones in the common shrew (2004–2007)

Vzdělání

  • 1970-1975: Univerzita Karlova Praha, přírodovědecká fakulta.
  • 1978: rigorózní řízení – Univerzita Karlova Praha, přírodovědecká fakulta.
  • 1978-1981: vědecká příprava a obhajoba kandidátské disertační práce – Ústav pro výzkum obratlovců ČSAV.
  • 1996: obhajoba doktorské disertační práce – Ústav živočišné fyziologie a genetiky AV ČR.
  • 1997: habilitace – Univerzita Karlova Praha, přírodovědecká katedra.
  • 2004: profesorské řízení – Masarykova univerzita Brno, přírodovědecká fakulta.

Zaměstnání

  • 1981-1987: Ústav pro výzkum obratlovců ČSAV – vědecký pracovník, vědecký tajemník (1985-1987).
  • 1987-1993: Ústav systematické a ekologické biologie ČSAV – vědecký pracovník, vědecký tajemník (1987-1990), vedoucí oddělení populační biologie (1990-1993).
  • 1993-1998: Ústav živočišné fyziologie a genetiky AV ČR – vědecký pracovník, vedoucí laboratoře genetiky a embryologie (1994-1998).
  • 1998-2006: Ústav biologie obratlovců AV ČR – vědecký pracovník, předseda Vědecké rady (1998-2000), ředitel (2000-2006).
  • 2007-2009: Ústav biologie obratlovců AV ČR – předseda Rady, ředitel.
  • 1996-2019: Univerzita Karlova Praha, přírodovědecká fakulta, katedra zoologie – docent zoologie (1997 – 2005), profesor zoologie (2005).
  • 2009-2017: člen Akademické rady AV ČR.

Projekt

Adaptace netopýrů na plísňové onemocnění geomykózou, (2012-2015).

Vydané knihy

Publikace

2018

Mahmoudi A, Zima J, Kryštufek B, Darvish J, Aliabadian M, Arslan A (2018). Systematic relationships within the Microtus arvalis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) group in Iran, inferred from cytogenetic analyses. Zoology in the Middle East, 64, 1-8.
Seker P, Arslan A, Selvi E, Kankilic T, Zima J (2018). Variation in the Conventional and Banded Karyotypes among Populations of Arvicola amphibius (L., 1758) (Mammalia: Rodentia) from Turkey. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 70, 147-152.

2017

Arslan A, Zima J (2017). Heterochromatin distribution and localization of NORs in the 2n = 48 cytotypes of Nannospalax xanthodon and N. ehrenbergi. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 41, 390-396.
Kankilic T, Arslan A, Seker P, Kankilic T, Toyran K, Zima J (2017). A new chromosomal race (2n=44) of Nannospalax xanthodon from Turkey (Mammalia: Rodentia). Zoology in the Middle East, 63, 181-188.
Zárybnická M, Riegert J, Bejček V, Sedláček F, Šťastný K, Šindelář J, Heroldová M, Vilímová J, Zima J (2017). Long-term changes of small mammal communities in heterogenous landscapes of Central Europe. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 63, 89.

2016

Arslan A, Kankilic T, Yorulmaz T, Kankilic T, Zima J (2016). Comparison of the chromosome banding patterns in Dryomys laniger and D. nitedula from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 40, 363-368.
Arslan A, Toyran K, Gözütok S, Yorulmaz T, Zima J (2016). 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, 910-916.
Arslan A, Kryštufek B, Matur F, Zima J (2016). Review of chromosome races in blind mole rats (Spalax and Nannospalax). Folia zoologica, 65, 249-301.
Gryseels S, Goüy de Bellocq J, Makundi R, Vanmechelen K, Broeckhove J, Mazoch V, Šumbera R, Zima Jr. J, Leirs H, Baird S (2016). Genetic distinction between contiguous urban and rural multimammate mice in Tanzania despite gene flow. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29, 1952-1967.

2015

Arslan A, Zima J (2015). Chromosome banding pattern retrieves an independent origin of 2n = 50 chromosome populations of Nannospalax xanthodon from Turkey. Mammalian Biology, 80, 440-445.
Arslan A, Zima J (2015). Heterochromatin distribution and localization of nucleolar organizing regions in the 2n = 52 cytotypes of Nannospalax xanthodon and N. ehrenbergi from Turkey. Zoological Studies, 54, 6.
Arslan A, Zima J, Albayrak I, Yorulmaz T, Arslan E (2015). C-heterochromatin and NORs distribution in karyotypes of three vespertilionid bat species from Turkey. Biologia, 70, 400-405.
Gouveia A, Bejček V, Flousek J, Sedláček F, Šťastný K, Zima J, Yoccoz N, Stenseth N, Tkadlec E (2015). Long-term pattern of population dynamics in the field vole from central Europe: cyclic pattern with amplitude dampening. Population Ecology, 57, 581-589.
Zemanová B, Hájková P, Hájek B, Martínková N, Mikulíček P, Zima J, Bryja J (2015). Extremely low genetic variation in endangered Tatra chamois and evidence for hybridization with an introduced Alpine population. Conservation Genetics, 16, 729-741.

2014

Arslan A, Zima J, Yorulmaz T, Arslan E (2014). A new cytotype (2n=46) of Nannospalax xanthodon from Turkey. Zoology in the Middle East, 60, 283-287.
Arslan A, Zima J (2014). The C-Banding and Ag-NOR Distribution Patterns in the Fallow Deer Dama dama (Mammalia: Cervidae) from Turkey. Cytologia, 79, 181-185.
Arslan A, Arisoy A, Zima J (2014). Comparison of the Chromosome Banding Pattern in the 2n = 5 6 Cytotypes of Nannospalax leucodon and N. xanthodon from Turkey. Scientific World Journal, 2014, 121690.
Arslan A, Zima J (2014). Karyotypes of the mammals of Turkey and neighbouring regions: a review. Folia zoologica, 63, 1-62.

2013

Arslan A, Zima J, Yorulmaz T, Gözütok S, Toyran K (2013). Chromosome banding pattern in fat dormouse and bank vole (Mammalia: Rodentia) from Turkey. Folia Biologica-Krakow, 61, 47-51.
Arslan A, Zima J (2013). The banded karyotype of the 2n=58 chromosomal race of mole rats from Erzincan, Turkey. Folia zoologica, 62, 19-23.
Arslan A, Zima J, Koubínová D, Yorulmaz T, Toyran K, Gözütok S (2013). Karyotypes of three gerbil species of the genera Tatera and Gerbilliscus from Turkey and Senegal. North-Western Journal of Zoology, 9, 57-62.
Arslan A, Arisoy A, Zima J (2013). 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, 95-100.
Arslan A, Zima J (2013). Distribution of C-heterochromatin and nucleolar organizer regions in the karyotype of marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna (Carnivora: Mustelidae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 65, 557-560.
Koubínová D, Irwin N, Hulva P, Koubek P, Zima J (2013). Hidden diversity in Senegalese bats and associated findings in the systematics of the family Vespertilionidae. Frontiers in Zoology, 10, 48.
Sadílek D, Šťáhlavský F, Vilímová J, Zima J (2013). Extensive fragmentation of the X chromosome in the bed bug Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758 (Heteroptera, Cimicidae): a survey across Europe. Comparative Cytogenetics, 7, 253-269.
Yorulmaz T, Zima J, Arslan A, Kankilic T (2013). Variations in C-heterochromatin and AgNOR distribution in the common vole (Microtus arvalis sensu lato) (Mammalia: Rodentia). Archives of Biological Sciences, 65, 989-995.
Zima J, Arslan A, Benda P, Macholán M, Kryštufek B (2013). Chromosomal variation in social voles: a Robertsonian fusion in Günther‘s vole. Acta Theriologica, 58, 255-265.

2012

Arslan A, Zima J (2012). Cytogenetic investigations in Sciurus anomalus from Turkish Thrace (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 64, 421-426.
Arslan A, Yorulmaz T, Toyran K, Albayrak I, Zima J (2012). C-banding and Ag-NOR distribution patterns in Euphrates jerboa, Allactaga euphratica (Mammalia: Rodentia), from Turkey. Mammalia, 76, 435-439.
Horn A, Basset P, Yannic G, Banaszek A, Borodin P, Bulatova N, Jadwiszczak K, Jones R, Polyakov A, Ratkiewicz M, Searle J, Shchipanov N, Zima J, Hausser J (2012). Chromosomal rearrangements do not seem to affect the gene flow in hybrid zones between karyotypic races of the common shrew (Sorex araneus). Evolution, 66, 882-889.
Pikula J, Banďouchová H, Novotný L, Meteyer C, Zukal J, Irwin N, Zima J, Martínková N (2012). Histopathology confirms White-Nose Syndrome in bats in Europe. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 48, 207-211.

2011

Arslan A, Yorulmaz T, Toyran K, Gözütok S, Zima J (2011). C-heterochromatin variation and NOR distribution in the Karyotype of water vole, Arvicola terrestris (Mammalia, Rodentia). Caryologia, 64, 215-222.
Arslan A, Zima J (2011). Banded karyotype of the Konya wild sheep (Ovis orientalis anatolica Valenciennes, 1856) from Turkey. Comparative Cytogenetics, 5, 81-89.
Arslan A, Sükrüye A, Zima J (2011). Variation in C-heterochromatin and NOR distribution among chromosomal races of mole rats (Spalacidae) from Central Anatolia,Turkey. Mammalian Biology, 76, 28-35.
Zemanová B, Hájková P, Bryja J, Zima Jr. J, Hájková A, Zima J (2011). Development of multiplex microsatellite sets for noninvasive population genetic study of the endangered Tatra chamois. Folia zoologica, 60, 70-80.

2010

Arslan A, Zima J (2010). Banded karyotypes of Allactaga williamsi from Central Anatolia. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 34, 533-537.
Koubínová D, Sreepada K, Koubek P, Zima J (2010). Karyotypic variation in rhinolophid and hipposiderid bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae, Hipposideridae). Acta Chiropterologica, 12, 393-400.
Kryštufek B, Vohralík V, Zima J, Koubínová D, Bužan E (2010). A new subspecies of the Iranian Vole, Microtus irani Thomas, 1921, from Turkey. Zoology in the Middle East, 50, 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, Májek O, Matějů J, Řehák Z, Šafář J, Tájek P, Tkadlec E, Uhrin M, Wagner J, Weinfurtová D, Zima J, Zukal J, Horáček I (2010). Increasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. PLoS ONE, 5, e13853.

2009

Rudá M, Žiak D, Gauffre B, Zima J, Martínková N (2009). Comprehensive cross-amplification of microsatellite multiplex sets across the rodent genus Microtus. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, 974-978.

2008

Arslan A, Zima J, Özparlak H (2008). C-heterochromatin variation in the karyotype reflects species level distinction between Erinaceus roumanicus and E. concolor (Eulipotyphla: Erinaceidae) in Turkey. Zootaxa, 1961, 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 (2008). Species richness of vertebrates in the Czech Republic. Folia zoologica, 57, 452-464.
Kryštufek B, Baxter R, Haberl W, Zima J, Bužan E (2008). Systematics and biogeography of the Mozambique thicket rat, Grammomys cometes, in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Journal of Mammalogy, 89, 325-335.
Sreepada K, Koubínová D, Konečný A, Koubek P, Ráb P, Rábová M, Zima J (2008). Karyotypes of three species of molossid bats (Molossidae, Chiroptera) from India and western Africa. Folia zoologica, 57, 347-357.

2007

Hájková P, Pertoldi C, Zemanová B, Roche K, Hájek B, Bryja J, Zima J (2007). Genetic structure and evidence for recent population decline in Eurasian otter populations in the Czech and Slovak Republics: implications for conservation. Journal of Zoology, 272, 1-9.
Macholán M, Munclinger P, Šugerková M, Dufková P, Bímová B, Božíková E, Zima J, Piálek J (2007). Genetic analysis of autosomal and X-linked markers across a mouse hybrid zone. Evolution, 61, 746-771.
Martínková N, Zima J, Jaarola M, Macholán M, Spitzenberger F (2007). The origin and phylogenetic relationships of Microtus bavaricus based on karyotype and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Folia zoologica, 56, 39-49.
Searle J, Hausser J, Zima J, Fredga K, Wójcik J, Volobouev V, Bulatova N, Nadjafova R (2007). The ISACC heritage. Russian Journal of Theriology, 6, 123-167.

2006

Hájková P, Zemanová B, Bryja J, Hájek B, Roche K, Tkadlec E, Zima J (2006). Factors affecting success of PCR amplification of microsatellite loci from otter faeces. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, 559-562.
Kotlík P, Deffontaine V, Mascheretti S, Zima J, Michaux J, Searle J (2006). A northern glacial refugium for bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103, 14860-14864.

2005

Hubálek Z, Burda H, Scharff A, Heth G, Nevo E, Šumbera R, Peško J, Zima J (2005). Emmonsiosis of subterranean rodents (Bathyergidae, Spalacidae) in Africa and Israel. Medical Mycology, 43, 691-697.

2004

Hájková P, Zemanová B, bB. y, bK. y, bM. y, Bryja J, Zima J (2004). Stanovenie početnosti a štruktúry populácie vydry riečnej (Lutra lutra) neinvazívnou genetickou metódou - správa o prebiehajúcom výskumnom projekte. Bulletin Vydra, 12001.
Jaarola M, Martínková N, Gündüz I, Brunhoff C, Zima J, Nadachowski A, Amori G, Bulatova N, Chondropoulos B, Fraguedakis-Tsolis S, González-Esteban J, López-Fuster M, Kandaurov A, Kefelioglu H, Luz Mathias M, Villate I, Searle J (2004). Molecular phylogeny of the speciose vole genus Microtus (Arvicolinae, Rodentia) inferred from mitochondrialDNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 33, 647-663.
Kryštufek B, Haberl W, Baxter R, Zima J (2004). Morphology and karyology of two populations of the woodland dormouse Graphiurus murinus in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Folia zoologica, 53, 339-350.
Martínková N, Nová P, Sablina O, Graphodatsky A, Zima J (2004). Karyotypic relationships of the Tatra vole (Microtus tatricus). Folia zoologica, 53, 279-284.
bJ. M. y, bA. M. y, bMiloš p, bJaroslav p, Zima J (2004). The mammalian model for population studies of B chromosomes: the wood mouse (Apodemus). Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 106, 264-270.

2003

Ieradi L, Zima J, Allegra F, Kotlánová E, Campanella L, Grossi R, Cristaldi M (2003). Evaluation of genotoxic damage in wild rodents from a polluted area in the Czech Republic. Folia zoologica, 52, 57-66.
Polyakov A, Volobouev V, Aniskin V, Zima J, Searle J, Borodin P (2003). Altitudinal partitioning of two chromosome races of the common shrew (Sorex araneus) in West Siberia. Mammalia, 67, 201-207.
Wójcik J, Borodin P, Fedyk S, Fredga K, Hausser J, Mishta A, Orlov V, Searle J, Volobouev V, Zima J (2003). The list of the chromosome races of the common shrew Sorex araneus (updated 2002). Mammalia, 67, 169-178.
Zima J, Slivková L, Tomášková L (2003). New data on karyotypic variation in the common shrew, Sorex araneus, from the Czech Republic: an extension of the range of the Laska race. Mammalia, 67, 209-215.
Zima J, Piálek J, Macholán M (2003). Possible heterotic effects of B chromosomes on body mass in a population of Apodemus flavicollis. Canadian Journal of Zoology - Revue Canadienne de Zoologie, 81, 1312-1317.

2002

Nová P, Reutter B, Rábová M, Zima J (2002). Sex-chromosome heterochromatin variation in the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 96, 186-190.
Zima J, Cenevová E (2002). Coat colour and chromosome variation in cetral European populations of the weasel (Mustela nivalis). Folia zoologica, 51, 265-274.

2001

Biltueva L, Rogatcheva M, Perelman P, Borodin P, Oda S, Koyasu K, Harada M, Zima J, Graphodatsky A (2001). Chromosomal phylogeny of certain shrews of the genera Crocidura and Suncus (Insectivora). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 39, 69-76.
Horáček I, Hanák V, Benda P, Červený J, Hanzal V, Průcha M, Veselý J, Weinfurtová D, Zima J (2001). Nejvýznamnější zimoviště netopýrů ve středních Čechách. Vespertilio, 5, 121-145.
Macholán M, Filippucci M, Zima J (2001). Genetic variation and zoogeography of pine voles of the Microtus subterraneus/majori group in Europe and Asia Minor. Journal of Zoology, 255, 31-42.
Reutter B, Nová P, Vogel P, Zima J (2001). Karyotypic variation between wood mouse species: banded chromosomes of Apodemus alpicola and A. microps. Acta Theriologica, 46, 353-362.
Scharff A, Macholán M, Zima J, Burda H (2001). A new karyotype of Heliophobius argenteocinereus (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) from Zambia with field notes on the species. Mammalian Biology, 66, 376-378.
Zima J (2001). Zimoviště netopýrů ve střední části Moravského krasu. Vespertilio, 5, 311-320.

2000

Biltueva L, Perelman P, Polyakov A, Zima J, Dannelid E, Borodin P, Graphodatsky A (2000). Comparative chromosome analysis in three Sorex species: S. raddei, S. minutus and S. caecutiens. Acta Theriologica, 45, 119-130.
Graphodatsky A, Sablina O, Meyer M, Malikov V, Isakova E, Trifonov V, Polyakov A, Lushnikova T, Vorobieva N, Serdyukova N, Perelman P, Borodin P, Benda P, Frynta D, Leikepová L, Munclinger P, Piálek J, Sádlová J, Zima J (2000). Comparative cytogenetics of hamsters of the genus Calomyscus. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 88, 296-304.
Polyakov A, Zima J, Banaszek A, Searle J, Borodin P (2000). New chromosome races of the common shrew Sorex araneus from Eastern Siberia. Acta Theriologica, 45, 11-17.
Polyakov A, Zima J, Searle J, Borodin P, Ladygina T (2000). Chromosome races of the common shrew Sorex araneus in the Ural Mts: a link between Siberia and Scandinavia?. Acta Theriologica, 45, 19-26.
Zima J (2000). Chromosomal evolution in small mammals (Insectivora, Chiroptera, Rodentia). Hystrix, 11, 5-15.

1999

Bejček V, Sedláček F, Šťastný K, Zima J (1999). Faunistický přehled drobných zemních savců ulovených v mostecké a teplické části Krušných hor v letech 1986-1998. Sborník Okresního muzea v Mostě, řada přírodovědná20-21, - (1999), s. 91-102.
Burda H, Zima J, Scharff A, Macholán M, Kawalika M (1999). Tha karyotypes of Cryptomys anselli sp. nova and Cryptomys kafuensis sp. nova: new species of the common mole-rat from Zambia (Rodentia, Bathyergidae). Zeitschrift für Saugetierkunde : International Journal of Mammalian Biology, č. 1, 36-50.
Degrassi F, Tanzarella C, Ieradi L, Zima J, Cappai A, Lascialfari A, Allegra F, Cristaldi M (1999). CREST staining of micronuclei from free-living rodents to detect environmental contamination in situ. Mutagenesis, 14, 391-396.
Zima J, Macholán M, Piálek J, Lukáčová L, Suchomelová E (1999). Chromosomal banding pattern in the Cyprus spiny mouse, Acomys nesiotes. Folia zoologica, 48, 149-152.
Zima J, Ieradi L, Allegra F, Sartoretti A, Wlosoková E, Cristaldi M (1999). Frequencies of B chromosomes in Apodemus flavicollis are not directly related to mutagenetic environmental effects. Folia zoologica, 48, 115-119.

1998

Bilton D, Mirol P, Mascheretti S, Fredga K, Zima J, Searle J (1998). Mediterranean Europe as an area of endemism for small mammals rather than a source for nothwards postglacial colonization. Proceedings of the Royal Society. B - Biological Sciences, 265, 1219-1226.
Zima J, Obuch J, Kopcová-Klodová G, Kovařík M, Gaisler J (1998). Hmyzožravci a hlodavci Moravského krasu a přilehlých oblastí Drahanské vrchoviny. Lynx, 29, 77-94.
Zima J, Benda P (1998). Savci okolí České Kamenice v severních Čechách. Lynx, 29, 69-75.

1997

Zima J, Macholán M, Anděra M, Červený J (1997). Karyotypic relationships of the garden dormouse /Eliomys quercinus/ from central Europe. Folia zoologica, 46, 105-108.

1994

Zima J, Kovařík M, Gaisler J, Řehák Z, Zukal J (1994). Dynamics of the number of bats hybernating in the moravian karst in 1983 to 1992. Folia zoologica, 43, 109-119.
Zukal J, Zima J (1994). Studies in Chiropterology. Folia zoologica, 43, 290-468.