Mateusz Konczal

This study evolves bulb mite populations under male- and female-biased sex ratios to examine genomic and phenotypic responses to sexual selection and conflict, finding no significant effect on population fitness or genetic diversity.

The paper describes the eradication of a Puumala hantavirus outbreak in a bank vole colony using maternal antibodies to protect offspring and eliminate the virus from subsequent generations.

The paper examines how purging and admixture affect genetic load in an invasive guppy population, finding that strongly and weakly deleterious mutations respond differently to these processes.

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 identifies genomic mechanisms underlying adaptation to constant and fluctuating environments in the cereal pest Aceria tosichella, revealing a polygenic basis involving stress response and detoxification pathways.

The paper analyzes transcriptomes of European bison to identify immune responses to gastrointestinal nematode infection, finding no significant gene expression changes with parasite burden but enriched immune-related pathways.

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.

This study shows genetic rescue sustains fitness benefits over 20 generations despite introduced genetic load and thermal stress in a male-dimorphic mite.

The paper investigates recombination patterns in the guppy Y chromosome, finding two pseudo-autosomal regions and suggesting the male-determining factor is in a repetitive region near 21 Mb.