Parasites & vertebrates, Evolution, Popgen, Biodiversity & Conservation; bike commuter & father of two, Associate Prof. at Faculty of Science - University of South Bohemia CZ
Great story on the origins of co-evolutionary adaptations.
Leeban YusufHow do coevolutionary interactions begin in nature, and what are the first steps of reciprocal adaptation? Our preprint investigates these questions in a natural experiment: an introduced cricket (T. oceanicus) and its acoustically hunting parasitoid (O. ochracea) in Hawaii. shorturl.at/7llsA 1/n
PhD position on a Rapid Evolution in Communities topic (ERC-funded project) available in a colleague's group. Check it out. :) lab.hrcek.net
Hrcek lablab.hrcek.netOur Galapagos mockingbird genomic paper was covered by Jente Ottenburghs' blog post. Thanks! avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/t...
The hidden effects of genetic purging in Galápagos MockingbirdsExploring patterns of genetic load across island populations.avianhybrids.wordpress.comLast chapter of my student Masoud Nazarizadeh's thesis, showcasing the emergence of host-selected parasite lineages in the presence of gene flow, was just published in MBE. Great job, Masoud! doi.org/10.1093/molb...
Host-associated Genetic Differentiation in the Face of Ongoing Gene Flow: Ecological Speciation in a Pathogenic Parasite of Freshwater FishAbstract. Adaptive evolution in response to varying environments, leading to population divergence, is among the most intriguing processes of speciation. Hdoi.orgIsland size vs. genetic load in Galapagos mockingbirds. Finally it’s out, congrats to Jakub Vlček! Thanks to all collaborators. doi.org/10.1111/mec....
Genomes of Galápagos Mockingbirds Reveal the Impact of Island Size and Past Demography on Inbreeding and Genetic Load in Contemporary PopulationsRestricted range size brings about noteworthy genetic consequences that may affect the viability of a population and eventually its extinction. Particularly, the question if an increase in inbreeding...doi.orgSpecies tree vs. introgression.
Mark Hibbins, Great Lakes SwashbucklerThe last paper from my PhD is finally out in Bulletin of SSB with @3rdreviewer.bsky.social! We used theory and supervised machine learning to learn how to disentangle uncertain histories of speciation and introgression. ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bs...