Wiesław Babik

The study investigates diversifying selection on the missing-self regulator CFH in bank voles, finding evidence of positive selection in its Borrelia-interacting domain and coevolution with pathogens.

This study investigates MHC evolution in seven newt species, finding a compact core MHC region and lineage-specific duplications, challenging previous assumptions about MHC expansion in giant genomes.

The paper examines sex-specific recombination patterns in bulb mites with holocentric chromosomes, finding similar recombination landscapes in males and females with higher rates at chromosome ends and female-specific higher overall rates.

The paper identifies the Y-chromosome in newts and finds it not homologous to the balanced lethal system, refuting a proposed sex chromosome origin for the system.

This study investigates how polymorphic inversions affect the detection of selection signals in the European spruce bark beetle using simulation and genome-wide data.

The paper reanalyzes hybridization frequency between European smooth and palmate newts using SNPs, finding low hybridization rates and suggesting microsatellites overestimate introgression.