Evolutionary Genetics Group

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Garlovsky MD, Whittington E, Albrecht T, Arenas-Castro H, Castillo DM, Keais GL, Larson EL, Moyle LC, Plakke M, Reifová R, Snook RR, Alund M, Weber AA. 2023. Synthesis and Scope of the Role of Postmating Prezygotic Isolation in Speciation. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology Dec 27:a041429. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041429.

Vontzou N, Pei Y, Mueller JC, Reifová R, Ruiz-Ruano FJ, Schlebusch SA, Suh A. 2023. Songbird germline-restricted chromosome as a potential arena of genetic conflicts. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 83: 102113. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2023.102113.

Reifová R, Ament-Velásquez SL, Bourgeois Y, Coughlan J, Kulmuni J, Lipinska AP, Okude G, Stevison L, Yoshida K, Kitano J. 2023. Mechanisms of Intrinsic Postzygotic Isolation: From Traditional Genic and Chromosomal Views to Genomic and Epigenetic Perspectives. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology Sep 11:a041607. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041607.

Schlebusch SA, Rídl J, Poignet M, Ruiz-Ruano FJ, Reif J, Pajer P, Pačes J, Albrecht T, Suh A, Reifová R. 2023. Rapid gene content turnover on the germline-restricted chromosome in songbirds. Nature Communications 14(1):4579. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40308-8.

Mueller JC, Schlebusch SA, Pei Y, Poignet M, Vontzou N, Ruiz-Ruano FJ, Albrecht T, Reifová R, Forstmeier W, Suh A, Kempenaers B. 2023. Micro Germline-Restricted Chromosome in Blue Tits: Evidence for Meiotic Functions. Molecular Biology and Evolution 40(5):msad096. doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad096.

Sottas C, Reif J, Piálek L, Poignet M, Kverek P, Dolata PT, Reifová R. 2023. Patterns of hybridization in a secondary contact zone between two passerine species, the common nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos and the thrush nightingale Luscinia luscinia. Journal of Avian Biology, e03061. doi.org/10.1111/jav.03061.

Poignet M, Baránková L, Reif J, Stopka P, Stopková R, Frolikova M, Cramer ERA, Johnsen A, Kverek P, Osiejuk TS, Komrskova K, Albrecht T, Reifová R. 2022. Sperm morphology and performance in relation to postmating prezygotic isolation in two recently diverged passerine species. Scientific Reports 12(1):22275. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26101-5.

Borodin P, Chen A, Forstmeier W, Fouché S, Malinovskaya L, Pei Y, Reifová R, Ruiz-Ruano FJ, Schlebusch SA, Sotelo-Munoz M, Torgasheva A, Vontzou N, Suh A. 2022. Mendelian nightmares: the germline-restricted chromosome of songbirds. Chromosome Research 30(2-3):255-272. doi.org/10.1007/s10577-022-09688-3.

Sotelo-Munoz M, Poignet M, Albrecht T, Kauzál O, Dedukh D, Schlebusch SA, Janko K, Reifová R. 2022. Germline-restricted chromosome shows remarkable variation in size among closely related passerine species. Chromosoma 131(1-2):77-86. doi.org/10.1007/s00412-022-00771-6.

Johnson Pokorná M, Reifová R. 2021. Evolution of B Chromosomes: From Dispensable Parasitic Chromosomes to Essential Genomic Players. Frontiers in Genetics 12:727570. doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.727570.

Poignet M, Johnson Pokorná M, Altmanová M, Majtánová Z, Dedukh D, Albrecht T, Reif J, Osiejuk TS, Reifová R. 2021. Comparison of Karyotypes in Two Hybridizing Passerine Species: Conserved Chromosomal Structure but Divergence in Centromeric Repeats. Frontiers in Genetics 12:768987. doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.768987.

Zhang L, Reifová R, Halenková Z, Gompert Z. 2021. How Important Are Structural Variants for Speciation? Genes 12 (7), 1084. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12071084.

Stöck M, Dedukh D, Reifová R, Lamatsch DK, Starostová Z and Janko K. 2021. Sex chromosomes in meiotic, hemiclonal, clonal and polyploid hybrid vertebrates: along the ‘extended speciation continuum’. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 376: 20200103. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0103.

Sottas C, Schmiedová L, Kreisinger J, Albrecht T, Reif J, Osiejuk TS and Reifová R. 2021. Gut microbiota in two recently diverged passerine species: evaluating the effects of species identity, habitat use and geographic distance. BMC Ecology and Evolution 21:41. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01773-1.

Sottas C, Reif J, Kreisinger J, Schmiedová L, Sam K, Osiejuk TS and Reifová R. 2020. Tracing the early steps of competition-driven eco-morphological divergence in two sister species of passerines. Evolutionary Ecology 34:501-524. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-020-10050-4.

Souriau A, Geberzahn N, Ivanitskii VV, Marova IM, Vokurkova J, Reifova R, Reif J and Petruskova T. 2019. Singing behind the stage: thrush nightingales produce more variable songs on their wintering grounds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73(11):150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-019-2765-x.

Albrecht T, Opletalová K, Reif J, Janoušek V, Piálek L, Cramer ERA, Johnsen A and Reifová R. 2019. Sperm divergence in a passerine contact zone: Indication of reinforcement at the gametic level. Evolution 73(2):202-213. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13677.

Janoušek V, Fischerová J, Mořkovský L, Reif J, Antczak M, Albrecht T and Reifová R. 2019. Postcopulatory sexual selection reduces Z-linked genetic variation and might contribute to the large Z effect in passerine birds. Heredity 122(5):622-635. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-018-0161-3.

Sottas C, Reif J, Kuczynski L and Reifová R. 2018. Interspecific competition promotes habitat and morphological divergence in a secondary contact zone between two hybridizing songbirds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 31(6):914-923. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13275.

Souriau A, Kohoutová H, Reif J, Vokurková J, Petrusek A, Reifová R and Petrusková R. 2018. Can mixed singing facilitate coexistence of closely related nightingale species? Behavioral Ecology 29(4):925–932. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ary053.

Reif J, Reifová R, Skoracka A, Kuczynski L. 2018. Competition-driven niche segregation on a landscape scale: Evidence for escaping from syntopy towards allotopy in two coexisting sibling passerine species. Journal of Animal Ecology 87(3):774-789. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12808.

Mořkovský L, Janoušek V, Reif J, Rídl J, Pačes J, Choleva L, Janko K, Nachman MW and Reifová R. 2018. Genomic islands of differentiation in two songbird species reveal candidate genes for hybrid female sterility. Molecular Ecology 27(4):949-958. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14479.

Janko K, Pačes J, Wilkinson-Herbots H, Costa RJ, Roslein J, Drozd P, Iakovenko N, Rídl J, Hroudová M, Kočí J, Reifová R, Šlechtová V and Choleva L. 2018. Hybrid asexuality as a primary postzygotic barrier between nascent species: On the interconnection between asexuality, hybridization and speciation. Molecular Ecology 27(1):248-263. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14377

Reifová R, Majerová V, Reif J, Ahola M, Lindholm A and Procházka P. 2016. Patterns of gene flow and selection across multiple species of Acrocephalus warblers: footprints of parallel selection on the Z chromosome. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16(1):130.

Mořkovský L, Pačes J, Rídl J and Reifová R. 2015. Scrimer: designing primers from transcriptome data. Molecular Ecology Resources 15(6):1415-20.

Reif J, Jiran M, Reifová R, Vokurková J, Dolata PT, Petrusek A and Petrusková T. 2015. Interspecific territoriality in two songbird species: potential role of song convergence in male aggressive interactions. Animal Behaviour 104:131-136.

Kropáčková L, Piálek J, Gergelits V, Forejt J and Reifová R. 2015. Maternal-foetal genomic conflict and speciation: no evidence for hybrid placental dysplasia in crosses between two house mouse subspecies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28(3):688-98.

Bhattacharyya T, Reifova R, Gregorova S, Simecek P, Gergelits V, Mistrik M, Martincova I, Pialek J and Forejt J. 2014. X Chromosome Control of Meiotic Chromosome Synapsis in Mouse Inter-Subspecific Hybrids. PLoS Genetics 10(2):e1004088.

Vokurková J, Petrusková T, Reifová R, Kozman A, Mořkovský L, Kipper S, Weiss M, Reif J, Dolata PT and Petrusek A. 2013. The causes and evolutionary consequences of mixed singing in two hybridizing songbird species (Luscinia spp.). PLoS One 8(4):e60172.

Reifová R, Reif J, Antczak M and Nachman MW. 2011. Ecological character displacement in the face of gene flow: evidence from two species of nightingales. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:138.

Reifová R, Kverek P and Reif J. 2011. The first record of a female hybrid between the Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) and the Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) in nature. Journal of Ornithology 152(4):1063-1068.

Mořkovský L, Storchová R, Plachý J, Ivánek R, Divina P and Hejnar J. 2010. The chicken Z chromosome is enriched for genes with preferential expression in ovarian somatic cells. Journal of Molecular Evolution 70(2):129-136.

Storchová R, Reif J and Nachman MW. 2010. Female heterogamety and speciation: Reduced introgression of the Z chromosome between two species of nightingales. Evolution 64(2):456-471.

Kverek P, Storchová R, Reif J and Nachman MW. 2008. Occurrence of a hybrid between the Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) and the Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) in the Czech Republic confirmed by genetic analysis. Sylvia 44:17-26.

Gregorová S, Divina P, Storchová R, Trachtulec Z, Fotopulosová V, Svenson KL, Donahue LR, Paigen B and Forejt J. 2008. Mouse consomic strains: exploiting genetic divergence between Mus m. musculus and Mus m. domesticus subspecies. Genome Research 18(3):509-515.

Piálek J, Vyskočilová M, Bímová B, Havelková D, Piálková J, Dufková P, Bencová V, Ďureje L, Albrecht T, Hauffe HC, Macholán M, Munclinger P, Storchová R, Zajícová A, Holáň V, Gregorová S and Forejt J. 2008. Development of unique house mouse resources suitable for evolutionary studies of speciation. Journal of Heredity 99(1):34-44.

Storchová R and Divina P. 2006. Nonrandom representation of sex-biased genes on chicken Z chromosome. Journal of Molecular Evolution 63(5):676-681.

Storchová R, Gregorová S, Buckiová D, Kyselová V, Divina P and Forejt J. 2004. Genetic analysis of X-linked hybrid sterility in the house mouse. Mammalian Genome 15(7):515-524.