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Lukáš Kratochvíl

Lukáš Kratochvíl

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
5757
World Ranking
4927
National Ranking
27

Overview

Lukáš Kratochvíl is affiliated with Charles University in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily focuses on genetics, molecular biology, and evolutionary biology, with a substantial number of publications spanning related scientific disciplines.

The scientist's main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Subfields where they have significant contributions are Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Ecology.

Research topics addressed by Lukáš Kratochvíl include:

  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

The scientist has published several papers in notable peer-reviewed venues. Key recent papers include:

  • "Expanding the classical paradigm: what we have learnt from vertebrates about sex chromosome evolution," 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "A brief review of vertebrate sex evolution with a pledge for integrative research: towards 'sexomics'," 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Sex chromosome evolution among amniotes: is the origin of sex chromosomes non-random?," 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Poorly differentiated XX/XY sex chromosomes are widely shared across skink radiation," 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Premeiotic endoreplication is essential for obligate parthenogenesis in geckos," 2022, Development

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Genes
  • Scientific Reports
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Sexual Development

Collaborations form an important part of their academic output, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Michail Rovatsos
  • Barbora Augstenová
  • Lukáš Kubička
  • Marie Altmanová
  • Sofia Mazzoleni

Best Publications

  • Phylogeny of sex-determining mechanisms in squamate reptiles: are sex chromosomes an evolutionary trap?

    Martina Pokorná;Lukáš Kratochvíl

  • Body size, male combat and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in eublepharid geckos (Squamata: Eublepharidae)

    Lukás' Kratochvíl;Daniel Frynta

  • Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran.

    Jiří Šmíd;Jiří Moravec;Petr Kodym;Lukáš Kratochvíl

  • Microsatellite distribution on sex chromosomes at different stages of heteromorphism and heterochromatinization in two lizard species (Squamata: Eublepharidae: Coleonyx elegans and Lacertidae: Eremias velox)

    Martina Pokorná;Martina Pokorná;Lukáš Kratochvíl;Eduard Kejnovský

  • A general rule for the dependence of developmental rate on temperature in ectothermic animals.

    Vojtech Jarosík;Lukás Kratochvíl;Alois Honek;Anthony F G Dixon

  • Out of Arabia: a complex biogeographic history of multiple vicariance and dispersal events in the gecko genus Hemidactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae).

    Jiří Šmíd;Jiří Šmíd;Salvador Carranza;Lukáš Kratochvíl;Václav Gvoždík;Václav Gvoždík

  • Mitochondrial DNA and morphology show independent evolutionary histories of bedbug Cimex lectularius (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) on bats and humans.

    Ondřej Balvín;Pavel Munclinger;Lukáš Kratochvíl;Jitka Vilímová

  • Cretaceous park of sex determination: sex chromosomes are conserved across iguanas

    Michail Rovatsos;Martina Pokorná;Marie Altmanová;Lukáš Kratochvíl

  • Chromosomics: Bridging the Gap between Genomes and Chromosomes.

    Janine E Deakin;Sally Potter;Sally Potter;Rachel O'Neill;Aurora Ruiz-Herrera

  • What was the ancestral sex-determining mechanism in amniote vertebrates?

    Martina Johnson Pokorná;Martina Johnson Pokorná;Lukáš Kratochvíl

  • Strong conservation of the bird Z chromosome in reptilian genomes is revealed by comparative painting despite 275 million years divergence

    Martina Pokorná;Martina Pokorná;Martina Pokorná;Massimo Giovannotti;Massimo Giovannotti;Lukáš Kratochvíl;Fumio Kasai

  • Misinterpretation of character scaling: a tale of sexual dimorphism in body shape of common lizards

    Lukas Kratochvil;Michael Fokt;Ivan Rehak;Daniel Frynta

  • Evolutionary stability of sex chromosomes in snakes.

    Michail Rovatsos;Jasna Vukić;Petros Lymberakis;Lukáš Kratochvíl

  • Cell Size but Not Genome Size Affects Scaling of Metabolic Rate in Eyelid Geckos

    Zuzana Starostová;Lukáš Kubička;Marek Konarzewski;Jan Kozłowski

  • Species on the rocks: Systematics and biogeography of the rock-dwelling Ptyodactylus geckos (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in North Africa and Arabia

    Margarita Metallinou;Jan Červenka;Pierre-André Crochet;Lukáš Kratochvíl

  • Differences in the 2nd to 4th digit length ratio in humans reflect shifts along the common allometric line

    Lukáš Kratochvíl;Jaroslav Flegr

  • Conserved sex chromosomes across adaptively radiated Anolis lizards.

    Michail Rovatsos;Marie Altmanová;Martina Pokorná;Martina Pokorná;Lukáš Kratochvíl

  • Genome of the Komodo dragon reveals adaptations in the cardiovascular and chemosensory systems of monitor lizards

    Abigail L. Lind;Yvonne Y.Y. Lai;Yulia Mostovoy;Alisha K. Holloway

  • Expanding the classical paradigm: what we have learnt from vertebrates about sex chromosome evolution

    Lukas Kratochvíl;Matthias Stöck;Matthias Stöck;Michael Rovatsos;Mónica Bullejos

  • Why reduce clutch size to one or two eggs? Reproductive allometries reveal different evolutionary causes of invariant clutch size in lizards

    Lukáš Kratochvíl;Lukáš Kubička

  • Egg shape and size allometry in geckos (Squamata: Gekkota), lizards with contrasting eggshell structure: why lay spherical eggs?

    L. Kratochvíl;D. Frynta

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Frynta
Daniel Frynta Charles University
Salvador Carranza
Salvador Carranza Pompeu Fabra University
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith University of Cambridge
Uwe Fritz
Uwe Fritz American Museum of Natural History
Claudio Ciofi
Claudio Ciofi University of Florence
Darren K. Griffin
Darren K. Griffin University of Kent
Arthur Georges
Arthur Georges University of Canberra
James W. Hicks
James W. Hicks University of Southern California
Manfred Schartl
Manfred Schartl University of Würzburg
Pui-Yan Kwok
Pui-Yan Kwok University of California, San Francisco

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