Mgr. Ondřej Mikula Ph.D.

Pozice vědecký pracovník kmenový
Zaměření fylogeneze a morfologie hlodavců

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Mikula Ondřej

Výzkumné směry

  • geometrická morfometrie a vymezení druhů,
  • evoluce a taxonomie drobných savců,
  • hybridizace a speciace domácích myší.

Probíhající projekty

Fylogeneze, adaptace a evoluce sociality rypošovitých; modelové skupiny pro evoluční a biomedicínský výzkum (2020–2022)

Vzdělání

  • 1999–2004: magisterské studium – Masarykova univerzita Brno, přírodovědecká fakulta, Systematická zoologie a ekologie. Diplomová práce: Morfometrická analýza hybridní zóny mezi Mus musculus a Mus domesticus v západních Čechách.
  • 2004–2009: doktorské studium – Masarykova univerzita Brno, Zoologie. Práce: Změny vývojové stability u domácích myší v důsledku hybridizace.

Zaměstnání

  • 2009-současnost: Ústav živočišné fyziologie a genetiky Akademie Věd ČR, Laboratoř evoluční genetiky savců – postdoktorand,
  • 2010-současnost: Ústav biologie obratlovců Akademie Věd ČR, Oddělení populační biologie Studenec – postdoktorand.

Mezinárodní zkušenosti

  • 2005, 2006: Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii, Warsawa – stáž v rámci programu EU Synthesys,
  • 2012: Museum national d’historie naturelle, Paris – stáž v rámci programu EU Synthesys,
  • Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, Tervuren Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris Natural History Museum, London American Museum of Natural History, New York – krátké návštěvy v přírodovědných muzeích.

Projekty

Publikace

2021

Hánová A, Konečný A, Nicolas V, Denys C, Granjon L, Lavrenchenko LA, Šumbera A, Mikula O, Bryja J (2021). Multilocus phylogeny of African striped grass mice (Lemniscomys): Stripe pattern only partly reflects evolutionary relationships. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, aMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107007.
Komarova VA, Kostin DS, Bryja J, Mikula O, Bryjová A, Čížková D, Šumbera R, Meheretu Y, Lavrenchenko LA (2021). Complex reticulate evolution of speckled brush‐furred rats (Lophuromys) in the Ethiopian centre of endemism. Molecular Ecology, aMolecular Ecology.
Krásová J, Mikula O, Šumbera R, Horáková S, Robovský J, Kostin DS, Martynov AA, Lavrenchenko LA, Bryja J (2021). The Rufous Sengi is not Elephantulus—Multilocus reconstruction of evolutionary history of sengis from the subfamily Macroscelidinae. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, aJournal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.
Mikula O, Nicolas V, Šumbera R, Konečný A, Denys C, Verheyen E, Bryjová A, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Bryja J (2021). Nuclear phylogenomics, but not mitogenomics, resolves the most successful Late Miocene radiation of African mammals (Rodentia: Muridae: Arvicanthini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, aMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107069.
Nicolas V, Mikula O, Lavrenchenko LA, Šumbera R, Bartáková V, Bryjová A, Meheretu Y, Verheyen E, Missoup AD, Lemmon AR, Moriarty Lemmon E, Bryja J (2021). Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: Murinae) rodents: First fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, aMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107263.

2020

Mikula O, Nicolas V, Boratyński Z, Denys C, Dobigny G, Fichet-Calvet E, Gagaré S, Hutterer R, Nimo-Paintsil SC, Olayemi A, Bryja J (2020). Commensalism outweighs phylogeographical structure in its effect on phenotype of a Sudanian savanna rodent. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, aBiological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Mizerovská D, Mikula O, Meheretu Y, Bartáková V, Bryjová A, Kostin DS, Šumbera R, Lavrenchenko LA, Bryja J (2020). Integrative taxonomic revision of the Ethiopian endemic rodent genus Stenocephalemys (Muridae: Murinae: Praomyini) with the description of two new species. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 69, 20031.

2019

Krásová J, Mikula O, Mazoch V, Bryja J, Říčan O, Šumbera R (2019). Evolution of the Grey-bellied pygmy mouse group: highly structured molecular diversity with predictable geographic ranges but morphological crypsis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, aMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

2018

Bryja J, Kostin D, Meheretu Y, Šumbera R, Bryjová A, Kasso M, Mikula O, Lavrenchenko LA (2018). Reticulate Pleistocene evolution of Ethiopian rodent genus along remarkable altitudinal gradient. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, aMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
Bryja J, Konvičková H, Bryjová A, Mikula O, Makundi R, Chitaukali WN, Šumbera R (2018). Differentiation underground: range-wide multilocus genetic structure of the silvery mole-rat does not support current taxonomy based on mitochondrial sequences. Mammalian Biology, aMammalian Biology.
Mazoch V, Mikula O, Bryja J, Konvičková H, Russo I, Verheyen E, Šumbera R (2018). Phylogeography of a widespread sub-Saharan murid rodent Aethomys chrysophilus: the role of geographic barriers and paleoclimate in the Zambezian bioregion. Mammalia, aMammalia.
Šumbera R, Krásová J, Lavrenchenko LA, Mengistu S, Bekele A, Mikula O, Bryja J (2018). Ethiopian highlands as a cradle of the African fossorial root-rats (genus Tachyoryctes), the genetic evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, aMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

2017

Aghová T, Šumbera R, Piálek L, Mikula O, McDonough MM, Lavrenchenko LA, Meheretu Y, Mbau JS, Bryja J (2017). Multilocus phylogeny of East African gerbils (Rodentia, Gerbilliscus) illuminates the history of the Somali-Masai savanna. Journal of Biogeography, aJournal of Biogeography.
Bryja J, Šumbera R, Kerbis Peterhans JC, Aghová T, Bryjová A, Mikula O, Nicolas V, Denys C, Verheyen E (2017). Evolutionary history of the thicket rats (genus Grammomys) mirrors the evolution of African forests since late Miocene. Journal of Biogeography, aJournal of Biogeography.

2016

Mikula O, Šumbera R, Aghová T, Mbau JS, Katakweba AS, Sabuni CA, Bryja J (2016). Evolutionary history and species diversity of African pouched mice (Rodentia: Nesomyidae: Saccostomus). Zoologica Scripta, aZoologica Scripta.
Vošlajerová Bímová B, Mikula O, Macholán M, Janotová K, Hiadlovská Z (2016). Female house mice do not differ in their exploratory behaviour from males. Ethology, aEthology.

2014

Bryja J, Mikula O, Šumbera R, Meheretu Y, Aghová T, Lavrenchenko LA, Mazoch V, Oguge N, Mbau JS, Welegerima K, Amundala N, Colyn M, Leirs H, Verheyen E (2014). Pan-African phylogeny of Mus (subgenus Nannomys) reveals one of the most successful mammal radiations in Africa. BMC Evolutionary Biology, aBMC Evolutionary Biology.
Bryja J, Mikula O, Patzenhauerová H, Oguge NO, Šumbera R, Verheyen E (2014). The role of dispersal and vicariance in the Pleistocene history of an East African mountain rodent, Praomys delectorum. Journal of Biogeography, aJournal of Biogeography.
Hiadlovská Z, Macholán M, Mikula O, Vošlajerová Bímová B (2014). The meek inherit the earth: less aggressive wild mice are more successful in challenging situations. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, aBiological Journal of the Linnean Society.

2013

Hiadlovská Z, Vošlajerová Bímová B, Mikula O, Piálek J, Macholán M (2013). Transgressive segregation in a behavioural trait? Explorative strategies in two house mouse subspecies and their hybrids. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, aBiological Journal of the Linnean Society.