Mgr. Milan Vrtílek Ph.D.

Pozice vědecký pracovník kmenový
Zaměření evoluční ekologie ryb
Pracoviště Pracoviště Brno

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Probíhající projekty

Mechanismy vlivu rodičovského stárnutí na potomstvo u krátkověkého obratlovce (2022–2024)

Publikace

2023

Polačik M, Vrtílek M (2023). Cryptic stasis during the development of Nothobranchius furzeri suggests new stages of dormancy outside of the typical three diapauses of annual killifishes. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 106: 575-583.

2022

Reichard M, Giannetti K, Ferreira T, Maouche A, Vrtílek M, Polačik M, Blažek R, Ferreira MG (2022). Lifespan and telomere length variation across populations of wild-derived African killifish. Molecular Ecology, 31: 5979-5992.
Vrtílek M, Žák J, Reichard M (2022). Evidence for reproductive senescence across ray-finned fishes: a review. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10: 982915.

2021

Polačik M, Vrtílek M, Reichard M, Žák J, Blažek R, Podrabsky J (2021). Embryo ecology: developmental synchrony and asynchrony in the embryonic development of wild annual fish populations. Ecology and Evolution, 11: 4945-4956.
Vrtílek M, Chuard PJC, Iglesias-Carrasco M, Zhang Z, Jennions MD, Head ML (2021). The role of maternal effects on offspring performance in familiar and novel environments. Heredity, 127: 52-65.
Vrtílek M, Bolnick D (2021). Macroevolutionary foundations of a recently evolved innate immune defense. Evolution, 75: 2600-2612.
Žák J, Vrtílek M, Polačik M, Blažek R, Reichard M (2021). Short-lived fishes: Annual and multivoltine strategies. Fish and Fisheries, 22: 546-561.

2020

Vrtílek M, Van Dooren TJM, Beaudard M (2020). Egg size does not universally predict embryonic resources and hatchling size across annual killifish species. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 249: 110769.

2019

Vrtílek M, Žák J, Polačik M, Blažek R, Reichard M (2019). Rapid growth and large body size in annual fish populations are compromised by density‐dependent regulation. Journal of Fish Biology, 95: 673-678.
Žák J, Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2019). Diel schedules of locomotor, reproductive and feeding activity in wild populations of African annual killifish. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 128: 435-450.

2018

Polačik M, Reichard M, Vrtílek M (2018). Local variation in embryo development rate in annual fish. Journal of Fish Biology, 92: 1359-1370.
Reichard M, Lanés LEK, Polačik M, Blažek R, Vrtílek M, Godoy RS, Maltchik L (2018). Avian predation mediates size-specific survival in a Neotropical annual fish: a field experiment. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 124: 56-66.
Vrtílek M, Žák J, Pšenička M, Reichard M (2018). Extremely rapid maturation of a wild African annual fish. Current Biology, 28: R822-R824.
Vrtílek M, Žák J, Blažek R, Polačik M, Cellerino A, Reichard M (2018). Limited scope for reproductive senescence in wild populations of a short-lived fish. Science of Nature, eNaturwissenschaften 68.
Vrtílek M, Žák J, Polačik M, Blažek R, Reichard M (2018). Longitudinal demographic study of wild populations of African annual killifish. Scientific Reports, 8: 4774.

2017

Blažek R, Polačik M, Kačer P, Cellerino A, Řežucha R, Methling C, Tomášek O, Syslová K, Terzibasi Tozzini E, Albrecht T, Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2017). Repeated intraspecific divergence in life span and aging of African annual fishes along an aridity gradient. Evolution, 71: 386-402.
Reichard M, Blažek R, Polačik M, Vrtílek M (2017). Hatching date variability in wild populations of four coexisting species of African annual fishes. Developmental Dynamics, 246: 827-837.
Reichard M, Janáč M, Polačik M, Blažek R, Vrtílek M (2017). Community assembly in Nothobranchius annual fishes: nested patterns, environmental niche and biogeographic history. Ecology and Evolution, 7: 2294-2306.
Vrtílek M, Polačik M, Reichard M (2017). The role of energetic reserves during embryonic development of an annual killifish. Developmental Dynamics, 246: 838-847.

2016

Lanés LEK, Godoy RS, Maltchik L, Polačik M, Blažek R, Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2016). Seasonal dynamics in community structure, abundance, body size and sex ratio in two species of Neotropical annual fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 89: 2345-2364.
Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2016). Patterns of morphological variation among populations of the widespread annual killifish Nothobranchius orthonotus are independent of genetic divergence and biogeography. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 54: 289-298.
Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2016). Female fecundity traits in wild populations of African annual fish: the role of the aridity gradient. Ecology and Evolution, 6: 5921-5931.

2015

Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2015). Highly plastic resource allocation to growth and reproduction in females of an African annual fish. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 24: 616-628.

2014

Polačik M, Blažek R, Řežucha R, Vrtílek M, Terzibasi Tozzini E, Reichard M (2014). Alternative intrapopulation life-history strategies and their trade-offs in an African annual fish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27: 854-865.
Reichard M, Polačik M, Blažek R, Vrtílek M (2014). Female bias in the adult sex ratio of African annual fishes: interspecific differences, seasonal trends and environmental predictors. Evolutionary Ecology, 28: 1105-1120.

2012

Douda K, Vrtílek M, Slavík O, Reichard M (2012). The role of host specificity in explaining the invasion success of the freshwater mussel Anodonta woodiana in Europe. Biological Invasions, 14: 127-137.
Reichard M, Vrtílek M, Douda K, Smith C (2012). An invasive species reverses the roles in a host–parasite relationship between bitterling fish and unionid mussels. Biology Letters, 8: 601-604.
Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2012). An indirect effect of biological invasions: the effect of zebra mussel fouling on parasitisation of unionid mussels by bitterling fish. Hydrobiologia, 696: 205-214.