Marek Kučka

This study uses experimental evolution in seed beetles to show that structural variants and sex-specific genetic factors influence lifespan evolution.

BLink-seq is a scalable Haplotagging method for generating phased haplotypes and detecting structural variants in non-model species using short-read sequencing.

The paper investigates an outbreak of plant disease caused by two Ralstonia species, identifying mobile genetic elements responsible for interspecies gene exchange and disease spread.

The paper introduces easySHARE-seq, a method for simultaneous single-cell ATAC-seq and RNA-seq, showing improved transcript recovery and scalability in murine liver nuclei.

The paper investigates the genetic basis of warning color variation in wood tiger moths, finding independent loci for male, female, and larval coloration with limited trait associations.

The paper uses linked-read whole-genome data to study reproductive isolation and hybridization patterns between two cryptic brown algal species, revealing polygenic genome-wide barriers to gene flow.

The paper studies hybridization between native and invasive Helicoverpa moths in Brazil, showing rapid adaptive introgression of pesticide resistance genes with implications for global food security.

The paper analyzes replicate flower color hybrid zones in Antirrhinum to identify loci associated with gene flow barriers using haplotagging, FST scans, and genealogical methods.

The paper analyzes 1,375 Malawi cichlid genomes to show that sex-linked chromosomal inversions drive adaptive speciation through introgression and selection on neuro-sensory, physiological, and reproductive genes.

The paper identifies an XY sex chromosome system in fourspine stickleback with polymorphic inversions on both X and Y chromosomes, revealing new insights into sex chromosome evolution.

The paper identifies genetic loci underlying bill color variation in long-tailed finches, showing that yellow alleles arose and introgressed into a red subspecies under natural selection.

This study introduces CITR-seq, a method for single-cell TCR sequencing, and shows genetic factors significantly shape TCR repertoires in mice.

The paper identifies and quantifies chimeric sequencing reads in a highly multiplexed RAD-seq protocol, finding higher misassignment rates in pooled PCR libraries.

The paper uses ddRAD-seq to analyze genetic divergence and population structure in two Apodemus species in northern Poland, finding clear species differentiation and limited population structure within A. flavicollis.

This paper introduces an in vitro cross method using mitotic recombination in hybrid mouse embryonic stem cells to map species differences and generate mosaic mice.