DEPARTMENT OF VERTEBRATE EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
Joint Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Physiology and Reproduction IAPG AS CR and RIFCH USB



University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice
Research Institute of Fish Culture & Hydrobiology at Vodnany
Department of Fish Genetics & Breeding
Zatisi 728/II
389 25 Vodnany
Czech Republic



Telephone: +420 383 382 402
Fax: +420 383 382 396
E-mail: flajshans@vurh.jcu.cz

1982 - 1986	University of Agriculture in Prague, Faculty of Agronomy, specialization animal breeding
1986 - 1990	fellowship, Research Institute of Fish Culture & Hydrobiology at Vodnany
1990 - present	research & developmental scientist
1993 - present	head deputy, Department of Fish Genetics & Breeding
1994 - 2000	editor-in-chief, Bulletin VURH Vodnany
2003 - present	member of the Department of Fishery, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice

Genome manipulations in fish, cytogenetics, comparative ploidy analysis in fish, flow cytometry, computer-assisted image analysis, general aspects of fish genetics and breeding, conservation and maintenance of fish genetic resources

• CZ Ministry of Agriculture and Res. Inst. Animal Breeding Uhrineves: National programme of conservation and utilization of genetic resources of farmed and utility animals, fish and bees (1996 - present, convener for fish genetic resources)
• CZ Ministry of Education: MSM126100001 Biological backgrounds of freshwater aquaculture (1999 – present, project coordinator)
• CZ Ministry of Education: ME 638 Comparative biological study of chromosomally manipulated and bred populations of tench in China and in Czech Republic (2003 – present, project leader)
• GA CR: GA524/03/0178 Detailed study of spermatozoa in model chondrostean and teleostean species of fish (2003 – present, co-worker)

1991 - 1995	Fish breeding advisory board by Fisheries Association Ceske Budejovice, member
1992 - present	Scientific board RIFCH Vodnany, member
1993 - present	Network of Tropical Aquaculture Scientists (NTAS), ICLARM Manila, Filipiny, member
1994 - present	Czech Zoological Society – session of ichthyology, member
1995 - present	Fish breeding advisory board by Fisheries Association of the Czech Republic, chairman
1997 - present	Board for animal genetic resources, RIAB Uhrineves, member

• gardening and winegrowing
• literature
• sport fishing

1987

• Flajshans, M., Rab, P., 1987: A finding of triploid rainbow trout, kamloops form, Salmo gairdneri kamloops. Zivocisna Vyroba, 32,(3): 279 - 282 (in Czech with English summary)
  
  
  
  1990
  
• Flajshans, M., Rab, P., 1990: Chromosome study of Oncorhynchus mykiss kamloops. Aquaculture 89:1 - 8.
  
  
  
  1991
  
• Linhart,O., Flajshans, M., Kvasnicka, P., 1991: Induced triploidy in the common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.): A comparison of two methods. Aquat.Liv.Res., 4: 139 - 145.
  
  
  
  1992
  
• Flajshans, M., Rab, P., Dobosz, S., 1992: Frequency analyses of active NORs in nuclei of artificially induced triploid fishes. Theor.Appl.Genet., 85: 68-72.
  
  
  
  1993
  
• Flajshans, M. Kvasnicka, P., Rab, P., 1993: Genetic studies in tench (Tinca tinca L.): high incidence of spontaneous triploidy. Aquaculture, 110: 243 - 248.
• Flajshans, M., Rab, P., Kalal, L., 1993: Genetics of salmonids in Czechoslovakia: Current status of knowledge. In: NATO-ASI Genetic Conservation of Salmonid Fishes, Moscow (Idaho) and Pullmann (Washington), USA, June 24 - July 5, 1991, (J. Cloud and G. H. Thorgaard, Eds.), Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York: 231 - 242.
• Flajshans, M., Linhart, O., Kvasnicka, P., 1993: Genetic studies of tench (Tinca tinca L.): induced triploidy and tetraploidy and first performance data. Aquaculture, 113: 301 - 312.
  
  
  
  1994
  
• Rab, P., Slechta, V., Flajshans, M., 1994: Cytogenetics, cytotaxonomy and biochemical genetics of huchonine salmonids. Folia Zoologica, 43 (2): 97-107.
  
  
  
  1995
  
• Flajshans, M., Gall, G.A.E., 1995: Genetics: Chairmen's Summary. In: Billard, R., Gall, G.A.E. (Eds.) The Carp Symposium, Budapest, Hungary, September 6-8, 1993, Aquaculture, 129, 136.
• Pokorny, J., Flajshans, M., Hartvich, P., Kvasnicka, P., Pruzina, I., 1995: Atlas of common carps bred in the Czech Republic. Victoria Publishing, Praha, 69 pp. (in Czech with English summary)
• Linhart, O., Kvasnicka, P., Flajshans, M., Kasal, A., Rab, P., Palecek, J., Slechta, V., Hamackova, J., Prokes, M., 1995. Genetic studies with tench, Tinca tinca L.: induced meiotic gynogenesis and sex reversal. Aquaculture, 132: 239 - 251.
• Linhart, O., Flajshans, M., 1995. Triploidization of European catfish, Silurus glanis L. by heat shock. Aquaculture Research, 26: 367 - 370.
• Flajshans, M., Billard, R., 1995. Preface. In: The International Workshop on the Biology and Culture of the Tench, Tinca tinca, Ohrada Hunting Lodge, Czech Republic, August 28 - September 1, 1994. Pol. Arch. Hydrobiol., 42, 1-2: 5 - 6
• Flajshans, M., Linhart, O., Kvasnicka, P., 1995. Tench, Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758): A model for chromosomal manipulation studies. In: The International Workshop on the Biology and Culture of the Tench, Tinca tinca, Ohrada Hunting Lodge, Czech Republic, August 28 - September 1, 1994. Pol. Arch. Hydrobiol., 42, 1-2: 121 - 129
• Flajshans, M., Linhart, O., Kvasnicka, P., 1995. Spontaneous triploidy in tench, Tinca tinca Linnaeus, 1758). In: The International Workshop on the Biology and Culture of the Tench, inca tinca, Ohrada Hunting Lodge, Czech Republic, August 28 - September 1, 1994. Pol. Arch. Hydrobiol., 42, 1-2: 145 - 146
• Billard, R., Flajshans, M., 1995. The current state of research and culture of the tench, Tinca tinca Linnaeus (1758). Concluding remarks on the workshop. In: The International Workshop on the Biology and Culture of the Tench, Tinca tinca, Ohrada Hunting Lodge, Czech Republic, August 28 - September 1, 1994. Pol. Arch. Hydrobiol., 42, 1-2: 221 - 227
  
  
  
  1996
  
• Flajshans, M., Induced polyploidy as a tool for pond fish culture examplified on some cyprinids. A review. In: Proc. Czech - Taiwan (R.O.C.) Symposium on Biotechnology (Vanek, T., Shui-Tein, C., Eds.), Inst. Biol. Chem., Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan  Taiwan Fish. Res. Inst. Keelung: 57 - 62.
  
  
  
  1997
  
• Flajshans, M., 1997: A model approach to distinguish diploid and triploid fish by means of computer-assisted image analysis. Acta veterinaria Brno, 66: 101 - 110.
• Svobodova, Z., Groch, L., Flajshans, M., Vykusova, B., Machova, J., 1997: The effect of long-term therapeutic bath of malachite green on common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Acta veterinaria Brno, 66: 111 - 117.
• Flajshans, M., 1997: Reproduction sterility caused by spontaneous triploidy in tench (Tinca tinca). Pol. Arch. Hydrobiol., 44, 1 - 2: 39 - 45.
• Adamek, Z., Bieniarz, K., Billard, R., Ciereszko, A., Flajshans, M., Linhart, O., Rothbard,S., 1997: Fish Reproduction ´96. Summary report on the Scientific Conference. Pol. Arch. Hydrobiol., 44, 1 - 2: 293 - 298.
  
  
  
  1998
  
• Flajshans, M., 1998. Genome manipulations in fish. Czech J. Anim. Sci., 43, 9: 387.
• Flajshans, M., Slechtova, V., Slechta, V., Filistein, J., 1998: Conservation programme for fish gene resources in the Czech Republic. Czech. J. Anim. Sci., 43,9: 432.
• Gela, D., Linhart, O., Flajshans, M., Duda, P., 1998: Tench (Tinca tinca L.) breeding program in the Czech Republic. Czech. J. Anim. Sci., 43,9: 433.
• Linhart, O., Flajshans, M., Gela, D., Duda, P., Slechta, V., Slechtova, V., 1998: Breeding programme of common carp in the Czech Republic. Czech. J. Anim. Sci., 43,9: 434.
• Kohlmann, K., Rennert, B., Flajshans, M., Kersten, P., 1998: Genetic characterization and performance testing of tench (Tinca tinca L.) strains: Preliminary results. Czech. J. Anim. Sci., 43,9: 436.
• Linhart, O., Haffray, P., Ozouf - Costaz, C., Flajshans, M., Vandeputte, M., 1998: Triploidization of European catfish (Silurus glanis L.) with heat-, cold- and hydrostatic pressure shock. Czech. J. Anim. Sci., 43,9: 437.
• Slechtova, V., Slechta, V., Flajshans, M., Gela, D., 1998: Genetic structure of Czech tench (Tinca tinca L.) populations as revealed by protein variability studies. Czech. J. Anim. Sci., 43,9: 439.
• Svobodova, Z., Kolarova, J., Flajshans, M., 1998: The first findings of the differences in complete blood count between diploid and triploid tench, Tinca tinca L. Acta Vet. Brno, 67: 243 - 248.
• Kvasnicka, P., Flajshans, M., Rab, P., Linhart, O., 1998: Inheritance studies of blue and golden varieties of tench (Pisces: Tinca tinca L.). J. Hered. 89, 6: 553 - 556
• Flajshans, M., Kohlmann, K., Slechta, V., Slechtova, V., 1998: Genetic aspects of breeding and gene resources conservation of tench, Tinca tinca L. Special issue of Pol. Arch. Hydrobiol. 45, 3: 289 - 301.
  
  
  
  1999
  
• Flajshans, M., Linhart, O., Slechtova, V., Slechta, V., 1999: Genetic resources of commercially important fish species in the Czech Republic: Present state and future strategy. Special edition Genetics in Aquaculture VI, Aquaculture 173: 471 - 483.
  
  
  
  2000
  
• Flajshans, M., Vajcova, V., 2000. Odd ploidy levels in sturgeons suggest a backcross of interspecific hexaploid sturgeon hybrids to evolutionarily tetraploid and/or octaploid parental species. Folia Zoologica, 49 (2): 133 - 138.
• Linhart O., Gela D., Flajshans M., Duda P., Rodina M. and Novak V., 2000. Enzyme treatment, an optimal way for elimination of egg stickiness in tench, Tinca tinca L. under hatchery conditions. Aquaculture, 191: 303-308.
  
  
  
  2001
  
• Svobodova, Z, Flajshans, M., Kolarova, J., Modra, H., Svoboda, M., Vajcova, V., 2001. Leukocyte profiles of diploid and triploid tench, Tinca tinca L. Aquaculture 198, 1-2: 159 – 168.
• Linhart, O., Haffray, P., Ozouf-Costaz, C., Flajshans, M., Vandeputte, M., 2001. Comparison of methods for hatchery-scale triploidization of European catfish (Silurus glanis L.). J. Appl. Ichthyol., 17: 247-255.
  
  
  
  2002
  
• Flajshans, M., Jendrulek, T., 2002. Some applications of digital imaging in pond aquaculture biology. In: Adamek, Z. (Ed.) Pond Aquaculture in Central and Eastern Europe in the 21st. Century. European Aquaculture Society, special publication No.31: 13-21.
• Flajshans, M. 2002: Conservation of rare breeds of freshwater fish. Six years of experience with the National Programme of Animal Gene Resources Conservation in the Czech Republic. SAVE Foundation Report, autumn 2002. SAVE Foundation, Konstanz, Germany, 14-15.
  
  
  
  2003
  
• Flajshans, M., Vajcova, V., 2003. The haematology of gynogenic tench, Tinca tinca L. and of recessively homozygous colour tench strains. J. Appl. Ichthyol. ,19 (3): 170 - 173.
• Gela, D., Linhart, O., Flajshans, M., Rodina, M., 2003. Egg incubation time and hatching success in tench Tinca tinca (L.) related to the procedure of egg stickiness elimination. J. Appl. Ichthyol., 19 (3): 132 - 133.
• Linhart, O., Gela, D., Flajshans, M., Rodina, M., 2003. Proteolytic enzyme treatment: an improved method for elimination of egg stickiness in tench, Tinca tinca L. in aquaculture. J. Appl. Ichthyol., 19 (3): 134 - 137.
• Buchtova, H., Svobodova, Z., Flajshans, M., Vorlova, L. 2003. Analysis of slaughtering value of diploid and triploid population of tench (Tinca tinca, Linnaeus 1758). Czech Journal of Animal Science 48, 7: 285 - 294.
• Buchtova, H., Svobodova, Z., Flajshans, M., Vorlova, L., 2003. Analysis of growth, weight and relevant indices of diploid and triploid population of tench Tinca tinca (Linnaeus 1758). Aquaculture Research 34, 9: 719 - 726.
• Hartvich, P., Flajshans, M., Nydl, V., Vondra, T., Pavlicek, T., 2003. Growth testing of two breeds of common carp, Cyprinus carpio L. in ponds with low- and high stocking density exemplified on Hungarian Mirror and Trebon Scaly Carp. Aquaculture Research 34, 12: 1015 - 1021.
• Lusk, S., Kosco, J., Halacka, K., Luskova, V., Flajshans, M., 2003: Identification of some Cobitis from the Slovakian part of the Tisza basin. Folia Biologica (Krakow), vol. 51 (Suppl.), 61-65.
• Linhart O., Rodina M., Gela D., Flajshans M. and Kocour M., 2003. Enzyme treatment for elimination of egg stickiness in tench (Tinca tinca l.), European catfish (Silurus glanis l.) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 28, 507-508
  
  
  
  2004
  
• Flajshans, M., Kocour, M., Gela, D., Piackova, V., 2004. The first results on interactions among diploid, gynogenic and triploid tench, Tinca tinca L. under communal testing. Aquaculture International 12, 1: 103 – 118.
• Rab, P., Flajshans, M., Ludwig, A., Lieckfeldt, D., Ene, A.-C. Rabova, M., Piackova, V., Paaver, T. : The second highest chromosome count among vertebrates is associated with extreme ploidy diversity in hybrid sturgeons. 16th ECACGM, Jouy-en-Josas, 6-9 July, 2004 1 p.
• Rabova, M., Rab, P., Boron, A., Bohlen, A., Janko, K., Slechtova, V., Flajshans, M.: Cytogenetics of bisexual species and their asexual hybrid clones in European spined loaches, genus Cobitis. I. Karyotypes and extensive polymorphismus of major ribosomal sites in four parental species. 16th ECACGM, Jouy-en-Josas, 6-9 July, 2004 1 p.
• Buchtova, H., Smutna, M., Vorlova, L., Svobodova, Z., Flajshans, M., 2004: Analysis of fatty acid composition of diploid and triploid populations of tench (Tinca tinca Linnaeus, 1758). Acta Veterinaria 73: 235 - 245.
• Linhart, O., Rodina, M., Gela, D., Flajshans, M., Kocour, M. (2004): Enzyme treatment for elimination of egg stickness in tench (Tinca Tinca L.), European catfish (Silurus Glanis L.) and common carp (Cyprinus Carpio L.). Fish Physiol Biochem. 28: 507-508

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