Phylogeny and diversity of multicellular organisms












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            * Phylogeny and diversity of multicellular organisms
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            Research is focused on evolutionary aspects of plant and animal species diversity at vario

            complexity from populations to processes at the global scale. Trends in biodiversity dynam
            in a broader context of geological history, with a special emphasize on the Quaternary per
            such as speciation, hybridization, genome evolution, phenotypic plasticity, developmental 

            and changes of behavioural or morphological traits are investigated using modern ? omics t
            combination with morphological, ecological and behavioural approaches. Field and laborator
            research is done mainly on various non ? model organisms and results in scientific publica

            prestigious journals as well as practical suggestions for nature conservation and protecti
            species.





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            * Selected outputs
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            • Cardinal S, Straka J. & Danforth BN (2010): Comprehensive phylogeny of apid bees reveals
              evolutionary origins and antiquity of cleptoparasitism. Proceedings of the National Acad
              107(37): 16207–16211.

            • Nel A, Roques P, Nel P, Prokin AA, Bourgoin T, Prokop J, Szwedo J, Azar D, Desutter-Gran
              L, Wappler T, Garrouste R, Coty D, Huang D, Engel MS, Kirejtshuk AG (2013): The earliest
              holometabolous insects. Nature 503: 257–261.

            • Janousek V, Munclinger P, Wang LY, Teeter KC, Tucker PK (2015): Functional Organization 
              May Shape the Species Boundary in the House Mouse. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32: 1