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Josef Bryja is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic and has contributed extensively to studies in environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research focuses predominantly on ecological and evolutionary topics with a strong emphasis on animal ecology, behavior, and genetic diversity.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these, they have pursued subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Paleontology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling

Josef Bryja's work covers several significant research topics, including:

  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

Frequent publication venues for Bryja's work are:

  • Journal of Vertebrate Biology
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Mammalia
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Molecular Ecology

Among their recent papers are:

  • Complex reticulate evolution of speckled brush-furred rats (Lophuromys) in the Ethiopian centre of endemism, 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • Integrative taxonomic revision of the Ethiopian endemic rodent genus Stenocephalemys (Muridae: Murinae: Praomyini) with the description of two new species, 2020, Journal of Vertebrate Biology
  • Nuclear phylogenomics, but not mitogenomics, resolves the most successful Late Miocene radiation of African mammals (Rodentia: Muridae: Arvicanthini), 2021, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Small terrestrial mammal distributions in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia: a reassessment after 88 years, 2020, Journal of Mammalogy
  • Rodents of Choke Mountain and surrounding areas (Ethiopia): the Blue Nile gorge as a strong biogeographic barrier, 2020, Journal of Vertebrate Biology

Josef Bryja collaborates frequently with other researchers including:

  • Leonid A. Lavrenchenko
  • Yonas Meheretu
  • Ondřej Mikula
  • Radim Šumbera
  • Anna Bryjová

Best Publications

  • Bringing genetic diversity to the forefront of conservation policy and management

    Sean M. Hoban;Heidi C. Hauffe;SIlvia Perez-Espona;Jan W. Arntzen

  • Structure and diversity of small mammal communities in agriculture landscape

    Marta Heroldová;Josef Bryja;Jan Zejda;Emil Tkadlec

  • Factors affecting success of PCR amplification of microsatellite loci from otter faeces

    P. Hájková;P. Hájková;B. Zemanová;B. Zemanová;J. Bryja;J. Bryja;B. Hájek

  • Mate choice for nonadditive genetic benefits correlate with MHC dissimilarity in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus)

    Muna Agbali;Martin Reichard;Martin Reichard;Anna Bryjová;Josef Bryja

  • Extrapair paternity and the opportunity for sexual selection in long-distant migratory passerines

    Tomáš Albrecht;Tomáš Albrecht;Jan Schnitzer;Jakub Kreisinger;Alice Exnerová

  • Sexual selection for male dominance reduces opportunities for female mate choice in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus)

    Martin Reichard;Josef Bryja;Markéta Ondračková;Martina Dávidová

  • Invasion genetics of the introduced black rat (Rattus rattus) in Senegal, West Africa

    Adam Konečný;Adam Konečný;Arnaud Estoup;Jean-Marc Duplantier;Josef Bryja

  • Duplication, balancing selection and trans-species evolution explain the high levels of polymorphism of the DQA MHC class II gene in voles (Arvicolinae).

    J. Bryja;J. Bryja;M. Galan;N. Charbonnel;J. F. Cosson

  • Pan-African phylogeny of Mus (subgenus Nannomys) reveals one of the most successful mammal radiations in Africa.

    Josef Bryja;Josef Bryja;Ondřej Mikula;Radim Šumbera;Yonas Meheretu

  • Association between the DQA MHC class II gene and Puumala virus infection in Myodes glareolus, the bank vole

    Julie Deter;Josef Bryja;Yannick Chaval;Maxime Galan

  • Multiple parasites mediate balancing selection at two MHC class II genes in the fossorial water vole: insights from multivariate analyses and population genetics.

    C Tollenaere;J Bryja;M Galan;P Cadet

  • Density-related changes in selection pattern for major histocompatibility complex genes in fluctuating populations of voles.

    J. Bryja;J. Bryja;N. Charbonnel;K. Berthier;M. Galan

  • Comparative phylogeography of two sibling species of forest‐dwelling rodent (Praomys rostratus and P. tullbergi) in West Africa: different reactions to past forest fragmentation

    Violaine Nicolas;Josef Bryja;Bertin Akpatou;Adam Konecny

  • Fast sex identification in wild mammals using PCR amplification of the Sry gene

    Josef Bryja;Adam Konecny

  • Strong population genetic structuring in an annual fish, Nothobranchius furzeri, suggests multiple savannah refugia in southern Mozambique

    Veronika Bartáková;Veronika Bartáková;Martin Reichard;Karel Janko;Matej Polačik

  • Range‐wide population genetic structure of the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus) based on microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis

    J. Bryja;C. Smith;A. Konečný;M. Reichard;M. Reichard

  • Fossils know it best: Using a new set of fossil calibrations to improve the temporal phylogenetic framework of murid rodents (Rodentia: Muridae).

    Tatiana Aghová;Tatiana Aghová;Yuri Kimura;Josef Bryja;Josef Bryja;Gauthier Dobigny;Gauthier Dobigny

  • Mitochondrial phylogeography of the European ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus, yields evidence on refugia for steppic taxa in the southern Balkans.

    B Krystufek;J Bryja;E V Buzan

  • Plio‐Pleistocene history of West African Sudanian savanna and the phylogeography of the Praomys daltoni complex (Rodentia): the environment/geography/genetic interplay

    J. Bryja;L. Granjon;G. Dobigny;H. Patzenhauerová

  • Low population genetic structuring of two cryptic bat species suggests their migratory behaviour in continental Europe

    Josef Bryja;Peter Kaňuch;Alena Fornůsková;Tomáš Bartonička

  • Contrasted evolutionary histories of two Toll-like receptors (Tlr4 and Tlr7) in wild rodents (MURINAE)

    Alena Fornůsková;Alena Fornůsková;Alena Fornůsková;Michal Vinkler;Marie Pagès;Marie Pagès;Maxime Galan

Frequent Co-Authors

Radim Šumbera
Radim Šumbera University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Tomáš Albrecht
Tomáš Albrecht Charles University
Martin Reichard
Martin Reichard Czech Academy of Sciences
Erik Verheyen
Erik Verheyen Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Jean-François Cosson
Jean-François Cosson INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Carl Smith
Carl Smith University of Łódź
Herwig Leirs
Herwig Leirs University of Antwerp
Marc Colyn
Marc Colyn University of Rennes
Petra Hájková
Petra Hájková Masaryk University
Alexis Ribas
Alexis Ribas University of Barcelona

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