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Microevolution of urban life - genetic mechanisms of animal urbanization

2020/38/E/NZ8/00143

Keywords:

Genetic adaptations genomics microevolution birds urbanization.

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Piotr Przemysław Minias 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: SONATA BIS 10 - announced on 2020-07-29

Amount awarded: 1 804 200 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2021-03-15

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2026-03-14

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Pending project

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (6)
  1. The effects of urban life on animal immunity: Adaptations and constraints
    Authors:
    Piotr Minias
    Academic press:
    Science of the Total Environment (rok: 2023, tom: 895, strony: 165085), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165085 - link to the publication
  2. High MHC diversity confers no advantage for phenotypic quality and reproductive performance in a wild bird
    Authors:
    Ewa Pikus, Peter O. Dunn, Piotr Minias
    Academic press:
    Journal of Animal Ecology (rok: 2022, tom: 91, strony: 1707–1718), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/1365-2656.13737 - link to the publication
  3. Using de novo genome assembly and high‑throughput sequencing to characterize the MHC region in a non‑model bird, the Eurasian coot
    Authors:
    Ewa Pikus, Piotr Minias
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2022, tom: 12, strony: 7031), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-022-11018-w - link to the publication
  4. Urbanization is associated with non-coding polymorphisms in candidate behavioural genes in the Eurasian coot
    Authors:
    Amelia Chyb, Radosław Włodarczyk, Joanna Drzewińska-Chańko, Jan Jedlikowski, Kimberly K. O. Walden, Piotr Minias
    Academic press:
    Ecology and Evolution (rok: 2023, tom: 13, strony: e10572), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/ece3.10572 - link to the publication
  5. High MHC diversity confers no advantage for phenotypic quality and reproductive performance in a wild bird
    Authors:
    Ewa Pikus, Peter O. Dunn, Piotr Minias
    Academic press:
    Journal of Animal Ecology (rok: 2022, tom: 91, strony: 1707–1718), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/1365-2656.13737 - link to the publication
  6. Using de novo genome assembly and high‑throughput sequencing to characterize the MHC region in a non‑model bird, the Eurasian coot
    Authors:
    Ewa Pikus, Piotr Minias
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2022, tom: 12, strony: 7031), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-022-11018-w - link to the publication