prom. biol. Jaroslav Piálek CSc.

Position full-time researcher
Direction hybrid zones, population genetics

+420 560 590 602

Research interests

  • hybrid zones,
  • population genetics,
  • speciation.

Finished projects

Evoluce hybridní sterility samců mezi evropskými poddruhy myší domácí (2019–2021)
The role of Prdm9 allelic variations and activity in hybrid sterility in mice (2017–2019)
Phylogeography, seleciton and mutation rate at genomic level: Inference from mtDNA sequences of the house mouse (2016–2018)
Immunogenetic study of a house mouse hybrid zone (2008–2012)
Qunatitative trait loci (QTL) for male aggression in the house mouse (2007–2009)
Behavioral and genetic study of prezygotic barriers in the house mouse hybrid zone (2005–2008)
Genetics (2006–2008)

Education

  • 1977-1982: undergraduate study – Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science. Diploma Thesis: Karyological studies in Tagetes erecta L.
  • 1988-1992: Ph.D. study – Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology Brno. Ph.D. thesis: A revision of the genus Bombina (Anura, Discoglossidae) in Czechoslovakia.
  • 1994-1995: post-doctoral study – The University of Edinburgh, Inst. Cell, Animal and Population Biology.

Employment

  • 1984-1987: Institute of Vertebrate Zoology, CAS, Brno – research assistant,
  • 1988-1993: Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, CAS, Brno – postgraduate student,
  • 1994-1995: Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Genetics, The University of Edinburgh, U.K. – academic researcher,
  • 1996-1998: Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, AS CR, Liběchov – research worker,
  • 1998-1999: Charles University, Faculty of Sciences, Prague – research worker,
  • 1998-2010: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, AS CR, Brno, Department of Population Biology Studenec – Head and research worker,
  • 2010-present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, AS CR, Brno, Department of population Biology Studenec – research worker.

International experience

  • 1994-1995: Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Genetics, The University of Edinburgh, U.K. – academic researcher.

Current Ph.D. students

  • Jana Albrechtová: Barriers against gene flow between the house mouse subspecies, (supervisor J.Piálek).
  • Iva Martincová: Chromosom Y a speciation, (supervisor J.Piálek).

Former students

  • Petra Dufková: Sex chromosomes in a house mouse hybrid zone.
  • Ľudovít Ďureje: The effect of aggressive behaviour on the dynamics of a house mouse hybrid zone.
  • Peter Mikulíček: Hybridization and genetic differentation on the crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies) – analysis of nuclear markers.
  • Barbora Vošlajerová: Behavioural and genetic study of premating isolation in the house mouse hybrid zone.
  • M.Vyskočilová: Hybrid male sterility in house mouse.

Publications

2024

Bendová B, Vošlajerová Bímová B, Čížková D, Daniszová K, Ďureje Ľ, Hiadlovská Z, Macholán M, Piálek J, Schmiedová L, Kreisinger J (2024). The strength of gut microbiota transfer along social networks and genealogical lineages in the house mouse. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 100: fiae075.
Čížková D, Payne P, Bryjová A, Ďureje Ľ, Piálek J, Kreisinger J (2024). Convergence of gut phage communities but not bacterial communities following wild mouse bacteriophage transplantation into captive house mice. The ISME Journal, 18: wrae178.
Čížková D, Schmiedová L, Kváč M, Sak B, Macholán M, Piálek J, Kreisinger J (2024). The effect of host admixture on wild house mouse gut microbiota is weak when accounting for spatial autocorrelation.. Molecular Ecology, 33: e17192.
Jarquín-Díaz VH, Ferreira SCM, Balard A, Ďureje Ľ, Macholán M, Piálek J, Bengtsson-Palme J, Kramer-Schadt S, Forslund-Startceva SK, Heitlinger E (2024). Aberrant microbiomes are associated with increased antibiotic resistance gene load in hybrid mice. ISME Communications, 4: ycae053.
Macholán M, Baird SJE, Fornůsková A, Ďureje Ľ, Burgstaller JP, Goüy de Bellocq J, Heitlinger E, Klusáčková P, Koshev Y, Piálek J (2024). A reappraisal of mitochondrial DNA introgression in the Mus musculus musculus/Mus musculus domesticus hybrid zone suggests ancient North-European associations between mice and humans. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 202: zlae110.

2023

Baird SJE, Hiadlovská Z, Daniszová K, Piálek J, Macholán M (2023). A gene copy number arms race in action: X,Y-chromosome transmission distortion across a species barrier. Evolution, 77: 1330-1340.
Stopková R, Matějková T, Dodoková A, Talacko P, Žáček P, Sedláček R, Piálek J, Stopka P (2023). Variation in mouse chemical signals is genetically controlled and environmentally modulated. Scientific Reports, 13: 8573.

2022

Bendová B, Mikula O, Vošlajerová Bímová B, Čížková D, Daniszová K, Ďureje Ľ, Hiadlovská Z, Macholán M, Martin J, Piálek J, Schmiedová L, Kreisinger J (2022). Divergent gut microbiota in two closely related house mouse subspecies under common garden conditions. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 98: fiac078.
Honza M, Koleček J, Piálek L, Piálková R, Požgayová M, Procházka P, Štětková G, Jelínek V, Hughes AE, Šulc M (2022). Multiple parasitism in an evictor brood parasite: patterns revealed by long-term monitoring, continuous video recording, and genetic analyses. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76: 161.
Liu M, Yu C, Zhang Z, Song M, Sun X, Piálek J, Jacob J, Lu J, Cong L, Zhang H, Wang Y, Li G, Feng Z, Du Z, Wang M, Wan X, Wang D, Wang Y, Li H, Wang Z, Zhang B, Zhang Z (2022). Whole-genome sequencing reveals the genetic mechanisms of domestication in classical inbred mice. Genome Biology, 23: 203.

2021

Čížková D, Ďureje Ľ, Piálek J, Kreisinger J (2021). Experimental validation of small mammal gut microbiota sampling from faeces and from the caecum after death. Heredity, 127: 141-150.
Fornůsková A, Hiadlovská Z, Macholán M, Piálek J, Goüy de Bellocq J (2021). New perspective on the geographic distribution and evolution of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, Central Europe. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27: 2638-2647.
Koleček J, Piálková R, Piálek L, Šulc M, Hughes AE, Brlík V, Procházka P, Požgayová M, Čapek M, Sosnovcová K, Štětková G, Valterová R, Honza M (2021). Spatiotemporal patterns of egg laying in the common cuckoo. Animal Behaviour, 177: 107-116.

2020

Balard A, Jarquín-Díaz VH, Jost J, Mittné V, Böhning F, Ďureje Ľ, Piálek J, Heitlinger E (2020). Coupling between tolerance and resistance for two related Eimeria parasite species. Ecology and Evolution, 10: 13938-13948.
Balard A, Jarquín-Díaz VH, Jost J, Martincová I, Ďureje Ľ, Piálek J, Macholán M, Goüy de Bellocq J, Baird SJE, Heitlinger E (2020). Intensity of infection with intracellular Eimeria spp. and pinworms is reduced in hybrid mice compared to parental subspecies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33: 435-448.
Bendová B, Piálek J, Ďureje Ľ, Schmiedová L, Čížková D, Martin J, Kreisinger J (2020). How being synanthropic affects the gut bacteriome and mycobiome: comparison of two mouse species with contrasting ecologies. BMC Microbiology, 20: s12866.
Fevola C, Rossi C, Rosso F, Girardi M, Rosà R, Manica M, Delucchi L, Rocchini D, Garzon-Lopez CX, Arnoldi D, Bianchi A, Buzan E, Charbonnel N, Collini M, Ďureje Ľ, Ecke F, Ferrari N, Fischer S, Gillingham EL, Hörnfeldt B, Kazimírová M, Konečný A, Maas M, Magnusson M, Miller A, Niemimaa J, Nordström A, Obiegala A, Olsson GE, Pedrini P, Piálek J, Reusken CB, Rizzolli F, Romeo C, Silaghi C, Sironen T, Stanko M, Tagliapietra V, Ulrich RG, Vapalahti O, Voutilainen L, Wauters LA, Rizzoli A, Vaheri A, Jääskeläinen AJ, Henttonen H, Hauffe HC (2020). Geographical distribution of Ljungan virus in small mammals in Europe. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 20: 692-702.
Mukaj A, Piálek J, Fotopulosová V, Morgan A, Odenthal-Hesse L, Parvanov E, Forejt J (2020). Prdm9 Intersubspecific Interactions in Hybrid Male Sterility of House Mouse. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37: 3423-3438.
Vošlajerová Bímová B, Macholán M, Ďureje Ľ, Berchová Bímová K, Martincová I, Piálek J (2020). Sperm quality, aggressiveness and generation turnover may facilitate unidirectional Y chromosome introgression across the European house mouse hybrid zone. Heredity, 124: 200-211.

2019

Knutsen LE, Dissen E, Saether PC, Bjørnsen EG, Piálek J, Storset AK, Boysen P (2019). Evidence of functional Cd94 polymorphism in a free-living house mouse population. Immunogenetics, 71: 321-333.
Martincová I, Ďureje Ľ, Kreisinger J, Macholán M, Piálek J (2019). Phenotypic effects of the Y chromosome are variable and structured in hybrids among house mouse recombinant lines. Ecology and Evolution, 9: 6124-6137.

2018

Burgstaller JP, Kolbe T, Havlicek V, Hembach S, Poulton J, Piálek J, Steinborn R, Rülicke T, Brem G, Jones NS, Johnston IG (2018). Large-scale genetic analysis reveals mammalian mtDNA heteroplasmy dynamics and variance increase through lifetimes and generations. Nature Communications, 9: 2488.
Čížková D, Baird SJE, Těšíková J, Voigt S, Ďureje Ľ, Piálek J, Goüy de Bellocq J (2018). Host subspecific viral strains in European house mice: Murine cytomegalovirus in the Eastern (Mus musculus musculus) and Western house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus). Virology, 521: 92-98.
Goüy de Bellocq J, Wasimuddin W, Ribas A, Bryja J, Piálek J, Baird SJE (2018). Holobiont suture zones: Parasite evidence across the European house mouse hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology, 27: 5214-5227.

2016

Bílková B, Albrecht T, Chudíčková M, Holáň V, Piálek J, Vinkler M (2016). Application of Concanavalin A during immune responsiveness skin-swelling tests facilitates measurement interpretation in mammalian ecology. Ecology and Evolution, 6: 4551-4564.
Wasimuddin W, Bryja J, Ribas A, Baird SJE, Piálek J, Goüy de Bellocq J (2016). Testing parasite "intimacy": the whipworm Trichuris muris in the European house mouse hybrid zone. Ecology and Evolution, 6: 2688-2701.

2015

Goüy de Bellocq J, Baird SJE, Albrechtová J, Sobeková K, Piálek J (2015). Murine cytomegalovirus is not restricted to the house mouse Mus musculus domesticus: prevalence and genetic diversity in the European house mouse hybrid zone. Journal of Virology, 89: 406-414.
Kropáčková L, Piálek J, Reifová R (2015). Maternal-foetal genomic conflict and speciation: no evidence for hybrid placental dysplasia in crosses between two house mouse subspecies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28: 688-698.

2014

Albrechtová J, Albrecht T, Ďureje Ľ, Pallazola VA, Piálek J (2014). Sperm morphology in two house mouse subspecies: Do wild-derived strains and wild mice tell the same story?. PLoS ONE, 9: e115669.
Bhattacharyya T, Reifová R, Gregorová S, Šimeček P, Gergelits V, Mistrik M, Martincová I, Piálek J, Forejt J (2014). X chromosome control of meiotic chromosome synapsis in mouse inter-subspecific hybrids. PLoS Genetics, 10: e1004088.
Burgstaller JP, Johnston IG, Jones NS, Albrechtová J, Kolbe T, Vogl C, Futschik A, Mayrhofer C, Klein D, Sabitzer S, Blattner M, Gülly C, Poulton J, Rülicke T, Piálek J, Steinborn R, Brem G (2014). mtDNA segregation in heteroplasmic tissues is common in vivo and modulated by haplotype differences and developmental stage. Cell Reports, 7: 2031-2041.
Flachs P, Bhattacharyya T, Mihola O, Piálek J, Forejt J, Trachtulec Z (2014). Prdm9 incompatibility controls oligospermia and delayed fertility but no selfish transmission in mouse intersubspecific hybrids. PLoS ONE, 9: e95806.
Fornůsková A, Bryja J, Vinkler M, Macholán M, Piálek J (2014). Contrasting patterns of polymorphism and selection in bacterial-sensing toll-like receptor 4 in two house mouse subspecies. Ecology and Evolution, 4: 2931-2944.
Hůrková-Hofmannová L, Qablan MA, Juránková J, Modrý D, Piálek J (2014). A Survey of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum Infecting House Mice from a Hybrid Zone. Journal of Parasitology, 100: 139-141.
Juránková J, Hůrková-Hofmannová L, Volf J, Baláž V, Piálek J (2014). Efficacy of magnetic capture in comparison with conventional DNA isolation in a survey of Toxoplasma gondii in wild house mice. European Journal of Protistology, 50: 11-15.
Kreisinger J, Čížková D, Vohánka J, Piálek J (2014). Gastrointestinal microbiota of wild and inbred individuals of two house mouse subspecies assessed using high-throughput parallel pyrosequencing. Molecular Ecology, 23: 5048-5060.

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, 108: 225-235.
Kváč M, McEvoy J, Loudová M, Stenger B, Sak B, Květoňová D, Ditrich O, Rašková V, Moriarty E, Rost M, Macholán M, Piálek J (2013). Coevolution of Cryptosporidium tyzzeri and the house mouse (Mus musculus). International Journal for Parasitology, 43: 805-817.

2012

Albrechtová J, Albrecht T, Baird SJE, Macholán M, Rudolfsen G, Munclinger P, Tucker PK, Piálek J (2012). Sperm-related phenotypes implicated in both maintenance and breakdown of a natural species barrier in the house mouse. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 279: 4803-4810.
Baird SJE, Ribas A, Macholán M, Albrecht T, Piálek J, Goüy de Bellocq J (2012). Where are the wormy mice? A re-examination of hybrid parasitism in the European house mouse hybrid zone. Evolution, 66: 2757-2772.
Ďureje Ľ, Macholán M, Baird SJE, Piálek J (2012). The mouse hybrid zone in Central Europe: from morphology to molecules. Folia zoologica, 61: 308-318.
Flachs P, Mihola O, Šimeček P, Gregorová S, Schimenti J, Matsui Y, Baudat F, de Massy B, Piálek J, Forejt J, Trachtulec Z (2012). Interallelic and intergenic incompatibilities of the Prdm9 (Hst1) gene in mouse hybrid sterility. PLoS Genetics, 8: e1003044.
Janoušek V, Wang L, Luzynski K, Dufková P, Mrkvicová Vyskočilová M, Nachman MW, Munclinger P, Macholán M, Piálek J, Tucker PK (2012). Genome-wide architecture of reproductive isolation in a naturally occurring hybrid zone between Mus musculus musculus and M. m. domesticus. Molecular Ecology, 21: 3032-3047.
Mikulíček P, Horák A, Zavadil V, Kautman J, Piálek J (2012). Hybridization between three crested newt species (Triturus cristatus superspecies) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: comparison of nuclear markers and mitochondrial DNA. Folia zoologica, 61: 202-218.
Phifer-Rixey M, Bonhomme F, Boursot P, Churchill GA, Piálek J, Tucker P, Nachman M (2012). Adaptive evolution and effective population size in wild house mice. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 29: 2949-2955.
Wasimuddin W, Čížková D, Ribas A, Piálek J, Goüy de Bellocq J, Bryja J (2012). Development and characterization of multiplex panels of microsatellite markers for Syphacia obvelata, a parasite of the house mouse (Mus musculus), using a high throughput DNA sequencing approach. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 185: 154-156.
Wasimuddin W, Čížková D, Bryja J, Albrechtová J, Hauffe HC, Piálek J (2012). High prevalence and species diversity of Helicobacter spp. detected in wild house mice. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78: 8158-8160.

2011

Čížková D, Goüy de Bellocq J, Baird SJE, Piálek J, Bryja J (2011). Genetic structure and contrasting selection pattern at two major histocompatibility complex genes in wild house mouse populations. Heredity, 106: 727-740.
Dufková P, Macholán M, Piálek J (2011). Inference of selection and random effects in the house mouse hybrid zone. Evolution, 65: 993-1010.
Ďureje Ľ, Vošlajerová Bímová B, Piálek J (2011). No postnatal maternal effect on male aggressiveness in wild-derived strains of house mice. Aggressive Behavior, 37: 48-55.
Macholán M, Baird SJE, Dufková P, Munclinger P, Vošlajerová Bímová B, Piálek J (2011). Assessing multilocus introgression patterns: a case study on the mouse X chromosome in Central Europe. Evolution, 65: 1428-1446.
Macholán M, Baird SJE, Dufková P, Munclinger P, Vošlajerová B, Piálek J (2011). ASSESSING MULTILOCUS INTROGRESSION PATTERNS: A CASE STUDY ON THE MOUSE X CHROMOSOME IN CENTRAL EUROPE. Evolution, 65: 1428-1446.
Sak B, Kváč M, Květoňová D, Albrecht T, Piálek J (2011). The first report on natural Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon spp. infections in wild East-European House Mice (Mus musculus musculus) and West-European House Mice (M. m. domesticus) in a hybrid zone across the Czech Republic–Germany border. Veterinary Parasitology, 178: 246-250.
Vošlajerová B, Macholán M, Baird SJE, Munclinger P, Dufková P, Laukaitis CM, Karn RC, Luzynski K, Tucker PK, Piálek J (2011). Reinforcement selection acting on the European house mouse hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology, 20: 2403-2424.
Vošlajerová Bímová B, Macholán M, Baird SJE, Munclinger P, Dufková P, Laukaitis CM, Karn RC, Luzynski K, Tucker PK, Piálek J (2011). Reinforcement selection acting on the European house mouse hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology, 20: 2403-2424.
Wang L, Luzynski K, Pool JE, Janoušek V, Dufková P, Vyskočilová M, Teeter KC, Nachman MW, Munclinger P, Macholán M, Piálek J, Tucker PK (2011). Measures of linkage disequilibrium among neighbouring SNPs indicate asymmetries across the house mouse hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology, 20: 2985-3000.
Yang H, Wang JR, Didion JP, Buus RJ, Bell TA, Welsh CE, Bonhomme F, Yu AH, Nachman MW, Piálek J, Tucker P, Boursot P, McMillan L, Churchill GA, de Villena FP (2011). Subspecific origin and haplotype diversity in the laboratory mouse. Nature Genetics, 45: 648-655.

2009

Bímová B, Albrecht T, Macholán M, Piálek J (2009). Signalling components of the house mouse mate recognition system. Behavioural Processes, 80: 20-27.
Kawalko A, Dufková P, Wójcik JM, Piálek J (2009). Polymerase chain reaction multiplexing of microsatellites and single nucleotide polymorphism markers for quantitative trait loci mapping of wild house mice. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9: 140-143.
Vyskočilová M, Pražanová G, Piálek J (2009). Polymorphism in hybrid male sterility in wild-derived Mus musculus musculus strains on proximal chromosome 17. Mammalian Genome, 20: 83-91.
Vyskočilová M, Pražanová G, Piálek J (2009). Polymorphism in hybrid male sterility in wild-derived Mus musculus musculus strains on proximal chromosome 17. Mammalian Genome, 20: 83-91.

2008

Macholán M, Baird SJE, Munclinger P, Dufková P, Bímová B, Piálek J (2008). Genetic conflict outweighs heterogametic incompatibility in the mouse hybrid zone?. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8: 271-284.
Piálek J, Vyskočilová M, Bímová B, Havelková D, Piálková J, Dufková P, Bencová V, Ďureje Ľ, Albrecht T, Hauffe HC, Macholán M, Munclinger P, Štorchová R, Zajícová A, Holáň V, Gregorová S, Forejt J (2008). Development of unique house mouse resources suitable for evolutionary studies of speciation. Journal of Heredity, 99: 34-44.

2007

Macholán M, Munclinger P, Šugerková M, Dufková P, Bímová B, Božíková E, Zima J, Piálek J (2007). Genetic analysis of autosomal and X-linked markers across a mouse hybrid zone. Evolution, 61: 746-771.
Mikulíček P, Crnobrnja-Isailović J, Piálek J (2007). Can microsatellite markers resolve phylogenetic relationships between closely related crested newt species (Triturus cristatus superspecies)?. Amphibia-Reptilia, 28: 467-474.

2006

Albrecht T, Kreisinger J, Piálek J (2006). The strength of direct selection against female promiscuity is associated with rates of extrapair fertilizations in socially monogamous songbirds. American Naturalist, 167: 739-744.

2005

Bímová B, Karn RC, Piálek J (2005). The role of salivary androgen-binding protein in reproductive isolation between two subspecies of house mouse: Mus musculus musculus and Mus musculus domesticus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 84: 349-361.
Božíková E, Munclinger P, Teeter KC, Tucker PK, Macholán M, Piálek J (2005). Mitochondrial DNA in the hybrid zone between Mus musculus musculus and Mus musculus domesticus: a comparison of two transects. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 84: 363-378.
Piálek J, Hauffe HC, Searle JB (2005). Chromosomal variation in the house mouse. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 84: 535-563.
Piálek J, Albrecht T (2005). Choosing mates: complementary versus compatible genes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 20: 63.
Vyskočilová M, Trachtulec Z, Forejt J, Piálek J (2005). Does geography matter in hybrid sterility in house mice?. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 84: 663-674.

2004

Hauffe HC, Panithanarak T, Dallas JF, Piálek J, Gündüz I, Searle JB (2004). The tobacco mouse and its relatives: a "tail" of coat colors, chromosomes, hybridization and speciation. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 105: 395-405.
Mikulíček P, Kautman J, Zavadil V, Piálek J (2004). Natural hybridization and limited introgression between the crested newts Triturus cristatus and T. dobrogicus (Caudata Salamandridae) in Slovakia. Biologia, 59: 211-218.
Wójcik JM, Wójcik AM, Macholán M, Piálek J, Zima J (2004). The mammalian model for population studies of B chromosomes: the wood mouse (Apodemus). Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 106: 264-270.

2003

Mikulíček P, Piálek J (2003). Molecular identification of three crested newt species (Triturus cristatus superspecies) by RAPD markers. Amphibia-Reptilia, 24: 201-207.
Zima J, Piálek J, Macholán M (2003). Possible heterotic effects of B chromosomes on body mass in a population of Apodemus flavicollis. Canadian Journal of Zoology - Revue Canadienne de Zoologie, 81: 1312-1317.

2002

Šugerková M, Munclinger P, Božíková E, Piálek J, Macholán M (2002). Genetic variation in house mice (Mus, Muridae, Rodentia) from the Czech and Slovak Republics. Folia zoologica, 51: 81-92.

2001

Piálek J, Hauffe HC, Rodríguez-Clark KM, Searle JB (2001). Raciation and speciation in house mice from the Alps: the role of chromosomes. Molecular Ecology, 10: 613-625.
Spitzenberger F, Piálek J, Haring E (2001). Systematics of the genus Plecotus (Mammalia, Vespertilionidae) in Austria based on morphometric and molecular investigations. Folia zoologica, 50: 161-172.

2000

Graphodatsky AS, Sablina OV, Meyer MN, Malikov VG, Isakova EA, Trifonov VA, Polyakov AV, Lushnikova TP, Vorobieva NV, Serdyukova NA, Perelman PL, Borodin PM, Benda P, Frynta D, Leikepová L, Munclinger P, Piálek J, Sádlová J, Zima J (2000). Comparative cytogenetics of hamsters of the genus Calomyscus. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 88: 296-304.
Hauffe HC, Piálek J, Searle JB (2000). The house mouse chromosomal hybrid zone in Valtellina (SO): a summary of past and present research. Hystrix, eItalian Journal of Mammalogy.
Piálek J, Zavadil V, Valíčková R (2000). Morphological evidence for the presence of Triturus carnifex in the Czech Republic. Folia zoologica, 49: 33-40.
Zavadil V, Piálek J (2000). Identifikační znaky samic čolků rodu Triturus podrodu Paleotriton, druhové skupiny vulgaris na území České republiky. Časopis Slezského zemského muzea., iSérie A: Vědy přírodní49: 263-273.

1999

Zima J, Macholán M, Piálek J, Lukáčová L, Suchomelová E (1999). Chromosomal banding pattern in the Cyprus spiny mouse, Acomys nesiotes. Folia zoologica, 48: 149-152.