A5010566707- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- RNA Research and Splicing
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Plant and animal studies
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Agriculture and Biological Studies
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Skin and Cellular Biology Research
Museum and Institute of Zoology
2021-2025
Aalborg University
2024
Polish Academy of Sciences
2010-2023
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
2018-2020
Mammal Research Institute
2010-2019
Anthropogenic hybridisation is widely perceived as a threat to the conservation of biodiversity. Nevertheless, date, relevant policy and management interventions are unresolved highly convoluted. While this due inherent complexity issue, we hereby hypothesise that lack agreement concerning goals approaches, within scientific community, may explain social awareness on phenomenon, absence effective pressure decision-makers. By focusing wolf x dog in Europe, (a) assess state art issues (b)...
European wolf (Canis lupus) populations have suffered extensive decline and range contraction due to anthropogenic culling. In Bulgaria, although wolves are still recovering from a severe demographic bottleneck in the 1970s, hunting is allowed with few constraints. A recent increase pressure has raised concerns regarding long-term viability. We thus carried out comprehensive conservation genetic analysis using microsatellite mtDNA markers. Our results showed high heterozygosity levels...
European wolves (Canis lupus) show population genetic structure in the absence of geographic barriers, and across relatively short distances for this highly mobile species. Additional information on location divergence between clusters is required, particularly because are currently recolonizing parts Europe. We evaluated 177 from 11 countries using over 67K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci. The results supported previous findings an isolated Italian with lower diversity than that...
Phylogeographic studies of highly mobile large carnivores suggest that intra-specific genetic differentiation modern species might be the consequence most recent Pleistocene glaciation. However, relative influence biogeographical processes and subsequent human-induced population fragmentation requires a better understanding. Poland represents western edge relatively continuous distributions many wide-ranging species, e.g. lynx (Lynx lynx), wolves (Canis lupus), moose (Alces alces) and,...
Posthitis is an incurable lethal disease of males the European bison (Bison bonasus), regarded to be one major threats survival iconic species. Multiple attempts have been undertaken over last 30 years identify a source infection and primary pathogen. Studies indicated could genetic background after tools developed for cattle (Bos taurus) revealed genomic regions that associated with its occurrence. In this study, we applied deep coverage targeted sequencing 74 on 10 bison's chromosomes (1,...
We studied factors shaping the diversity and abundance of small mammals in temperate woodlands northeastern Poland at local (within forests) regional (among scales. compared rodents insectivores habitats covering widest possible range forest productivity Central Europe, from dry coniferous to wet deciduous forests. Small were live-trapped during summer (2004–2006) on 206 circular plots. On scale, number mammal (rodent shrew) species positively correlated with proportion stands woodland's...
The survival of isolated small populations is threatened by both demographic and genetic factors. Large carnivores declined for centuries in most Europe due to habitat changes, overhunting their natural prey direct persecution. However, the current rewilding trends are driving many carnivore expand again, possibly reverting erosion diversity. In this study we reassessed extent origin variation Italian wolf population, which expanding after decline isolation. We genotyped wolves from Italy...
RNA decay is a key element of mitochondrial metabolism. To date, the only well-documented machinery that plays role in mtRNA humans complex polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase) and SUV3 helicase, forming degradosome. REXO2, homolog prokaryotic oligoribonucleases present both mitochondria cytoplasm, was earlier shown to be crucial for maintaining homeostasis, but its function has not been fully elucidated. In study, we created cellular model enables clear dissection non-mitochondrial...
Maintenance of mitochondrial gene expression is crucial for cellular homeostasis. Stress conditions may lead to a temporary reduction genome copy number, raising the risk insufficient encoded genes. Little known how compensatory mechanisms operate maintain proper transcripts levels upon disturbed transcription and which proteins are involved in them. Here we performed quantitative proteomic screen search that sustain mtDNA under stress conditions. Analysis stress-induced changes human...
Abstract Ecological and environmental heterogeneity can produce genetic differentiation in highly mobile species. Accordingly, local adaptation may be expected across comparatively short distances the presence of marked gradients. Within European continent, wolves ( Canis lupus ) exhibit distinct north–south population differentiation. We investigated more than 67‐K single nucleotide polymorphism SNP loci for signatures 59 unrelated from four previously identified clusters (northcentral...
The gray wolf Canis lupus range in central Europe is dynamically expanding, reconnecting previously isolated populations. Thus, a recent paper has proposed to merge the current Baltic and Central European (CE) management units, which are no longer by distance. However, genetic findings indicate that these two populations not genetically homogenous. Here we review most data on structure show even though CE wolves represent same phylogeographic lineage, their demographic history resulted...
Abstract The goal of this study, conducted in seven large woodlands and three areas with small woodlots northeastern Poland 2004–2008, was to infer genetic structure yellow‐necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis population evaluate the roles environmental ecology variables shaping spatial pattern variation using 768 samples genotyped at 13 microsatellite loci. Genetic very high all studied regions. primal subdivision observed between northern southern parts study area, which harbored two major...
The European bison is a non-model organism; thus, most of its genetic and genomic analyses have been performed using cattle-specific resources, such as BovineSNP50 BeadChip or Illumina Bovine 800 K HD Bead Chip. problem with non-specific tools the potential loss evolutionary diversified information (ascertainment bias) species-specific markers. Here, we used genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach for genotyping 256 samples from population in Bialowieza Forest (Poland) an analysis two...
Microbial communities have occasionally been observed in part of the ephemeric reproductive structure floral stigmas, but their prevalence, phylogenetic diversity and ecological roles are understudied. This report describes first study bacterial fungal immature mature stigma tissue endangered holoparasitic plant Phelipanche arenaria. Culture-dependent methods coupled with next-generation sequencing indicated that a small surface flower was an unexpectedly rich diverse microhabitat for...
Abstract Posthitis is an incurable lethal disease of males in the European bison ( Bison bonasus ), regarded as one major threats survival iconic species. Multiple attempts have been undertaken last 30 years to identify a source infection and primary pathogen. A genetic background for was suggested after tools developed cattle Bos taurus ) permitted discovery genomic regions possibly associated with occurrence posthitis . In this study, we applied deep coverage targeted sequencing 74 on 10...
We analysed a fragment (247 bp) of cytochrome b mitochondrial DNA sequenced using 353 samples yellow-necked mice Apodemus flavicollis trapped in seven forests and along three woodlot transects north-eastern Poland. Our aims were to identify the phylogeographic pattern mtDNA structure population evaluate role environmental conditions shaping spatial diversity. found out that European haplogroups occurred sympatrically Inferences based on haplotype distribution frequency defined five...