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  1. Understanding the evolution of immune genes in jawed vertebrates

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, May 2023, Wiley

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  2. Bacterial communities along parrot digestive and respiratory tracts: the effects of sample type, species and time

    Article • International Microbiology, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  3. Nearly (?) sterile avian egg in a passerine bird

    Article • February 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  4. Dynamic Evolution of Avian RNA Virus Sensors: Repeated Loss of RIG-I and RIPLET

    Article • Viruses, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  5. Effect of population size and selection on Toll‐like receptor diversity in populations of Galápagos mockingbirds

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, November 2022, Wiley

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  6. Selection Balancing at Innate Immune Genes: Adaptive Polymorphism Maintenance in Toll-Like Receptors

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, May 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  7. Adaptation and Cryptic Pseudogenization in Penguin Toll-Like Receptors

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, December 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  8. Inter-annual repeatability and age-dependent changes in plasma testosterone levels in a longitudinally monitored free-living passerine bird

    Article • Oecologia, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  9. Repeated MDA5 Gene Loss in Birds: An Evolutionary Perspective

    Article • Viruses, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  10. Comparison of plasma and cerebrospinal fluid proteomes identifies gene products guiding adult neurogenesis and neural differentiation in birds

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  11. Molecular Evolution of Antigen-Processing Genes in Salamanders: Do They Coevolve with MHC Class I Genes?

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, January 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  12. Positive selection and convergent evolution shape molecular phenotypic traits of innate immunity receptors in tits (Paridae)

    Article • Molecular Ecology, July 2020, Wiley

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  13. Inter-annual stability and age-dependent changes in plasma testosterone levels in a longitudinally monitored free-living passerine bird

    Article • July 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  14. Longitudinally monitored lifetime changes in blood heavy metal concentrations and their health effects in urban birds

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  15. Comparative analysis of the chicken IFITM locus by targeted genome sequencing reveals evolution of the locus and positive selection in IFITM1 and IFITM3

    Article • BMC Genomics, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  16. Avian Toll-like receptor allelic diversity far exceeds human polymorphism: an insight from domestic chicken breeds

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  17. Domestic Fowl Breed Variation in Egg White Protein Expression: Application of Proteomics and Transcriptomics

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, October 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  18. Toll-Like Receptor Evolution in Birds: Gene Duplication, Pseudogenization, and Diversifying Selection

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, June 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  19. Signatures of diversifying selection and convergence acting on passerine Toll-like receptor 4 in an evolutionary context

    Article • Molecular Ecology, June 2018, Wiley

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  20. Differing House Finch Cytokine Expression Responses to Original and Evolved Isolates of Mycoplasma gallisepticum

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, January 2018, Frontiers

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  21. Associations of urban environmental pollution with health-related physiological traits in a free-living bird species

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  22. Variation between the oral and faecal microbiota in a free-living passerine bird, the great tit (Parus major)

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2017, PLOS

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  23. Different breeds, different blood: Cytometric analysis of whole blood cellular composition in chicken breeds

    Article • Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  24. Application of Concanavalin A during immune responsiveness skin‐swelling tests facilitates measurement interpretation in mammalian ecology

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, June 2016, Wiley

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  25. Melanin and carotenoid ornaments are related to the individual condition in free-living grey partridges (Perdix perdix)

    Article • Journal of Ornithology, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  26. Opposing effects of oxidative challenge and carotenoids on antioxidant status and condition-dependent sexual signalling

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  27. Genetic Diversity of NHE1, Receptor for Subgroup J Avian Leukosis Virus, in Domestic Chicken and Wild Anseriform Species

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2016, PLOS

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  28. The relationship between health and cell-mediated immunity measured in ecology: Phytohaemagglutinin skin-swelling test mirrors blood cellular composition

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological Genetics and Physiology, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  29. Characterisation of Toll-like receptors 4, 5 and 7 and their genetic variation in the grey partridge

    Article • Genetica, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  30. Trans-Species Polymorphism in Immune Genes: General Pattern or MHC-Restricted Phenomenon?

    Article • Journal of Immunology Research, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  31. Effects of heterozygosity and MHC diversity on patterns of extra-pair paternity in the socially monogamous scarlet rosefinch

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  32. Protein evolution of Toll-like receptors 4, 5 and 7 within Galloanserae birds

    Article • Genetics Selection Evolution, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  33. First evidence of independent pseudogenization of Toll-like receptor 5 in passerine birds

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  34. Contrasting patterns of polymorphism and selection in bacterial‐sensing toll‐like receptor 4 in two house mouse subspecies

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, June 2014, Wiley

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  35. Cytokine expression in phytohaemagglutinin-induced skin inflammation in a galliform bird

    Article • Journal of Avian Biology, October 2013, Wiley

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  36. Male ornamentation and within-pair paternity are not associated with male provisioning rates in scarlet rosefinches Carpodacus erythrinus

    Article • acta ethologica, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  37. The health signalling of ornamental traits in the Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)

    Article • Journal of Ornithology, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  38. Haemosporidian parasites of a European passerine wintering in South Asia: diversity, mixed infections and effect on host condition

    Article • Parasitology Research, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  39. Contrasted evolutionary histories of two Toll-like receptors (Tlr4 and Tlr7) in wild rodents (MURINAE)

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler, Dr Serge Morand

  40. Phytohaemagglutinin skin-swelling test in scarlet rosefinch males: low-quality birds respond more strongly

    Article • Animal Behaviour, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  41. Handling ‘immunocompetence’ in ecological studies: do we operate with confused terms?

    Article • Journal of Avian Biology, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  42. Phylogeny, longevity and evolution of adaptive immunity

    Article • Folia Zoologica, October 2011, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  43. Occurrence of extra-pair paternity is connected to social male's MHC-variability in the scarlet rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus

    Article • Journal of Avian Biology, January 2011, Wiley

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  44. Haematological health assessment in a passerine with extremely high proportion of basophils in peripheral blood

    Article • Journal of Ornithology, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  45. Functional analysis of the skin-swelling response to phytohaemagglutinin

    Article • Functional Ecology, April 2010, Wiley

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  46. Extra-pair fertilizations contribute to selection on secondary male ornamentation in a socially monogamous passerine

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, October 2009, Wiley

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  47. Carotenoid maintenance handicap and the physiology of carotenoid-based signalisation of health

    Article • The Science of Nature, August 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michal Vinkler

  48. Identification of the first Toll-like receptor gene in passerine birds: TLR4 orthologue in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

    Article • Tissue Antigens, July 2009, Wiley

    Dr Michal Vinkler