DEPARTMENT OF VERTEBRATE EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
Laboratory of Fish Genetics

Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, v.v.i.

Academy of the Sciences of the Czech Republic

Rumburska 89

277 21 Libechov

Czech Republic



Phone: +420 315 639 515
Fax: +420 315 639 510
E-mail: v.slechtova@iapg.cas.cz

1998 – 2001	Bachelor´s degree; Faculty of Biological Sciences,University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice
2001 – 2004	Masters degree; Faculty of Biological Sciences,University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice
2004 – dosud	PhD student in the Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Molecular phylogenetics, phylogeography, population genetics and molecular taxonomy of freshwater fishes (small European fish species, loach fishes of superfamily Cobitoidea)

June 2001	Croatia, Slovenia
July 2002	Montenegro, Croatia
April 2003	Italy
January – March 2005	Thailand, Laos
2006	Malaysia, Thailand, Singapora
2007	Thailand, Laos

December 2002	Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany (Prof. D. Tautz, Dr. A. Nolte) – technics of molecular genetics and analyses of molecular data)
May June 2003	Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid, Spain. (Prof. I. Doadrio). Scientific stay in the frame of European project BIOD-IBERIA.
April 2005	Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid, Spain. (Prof. I. Doadrio). Genetic insight to expansion of non-indigenous fish species and their impact to native ichthyofauna.
November December 2005	Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid, Spain. (Prof. I. Doadrio). Scientific stay within the frame of European project SYNTHESIS.

• Reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships of loach fishes of the subfamily Botiidae basing on molecular data (2005). Main applicant. Grant of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, FRVŠ
• Phylogenetic relationships of loach fishes (Teleostei: Cobitoidea) as inferred by molecular markers and the role of polyploidisation in evolution (2005 – 2007). Participant. GA ČR 206/05/2556
• Phylogenetic interrelations of the fish family Cobitidae: a multi-disciplinary approach including molecular genetics, morphology and cytogenetics (2005 – 2007). Participant. GA AV IAA 600450508
• Genetic structure and differentiation among populations of Barbatula barbatula and Cobitis elongatoides: implication for Danube river system biogeography. Participant. GA AV KJB600450601
• Centre for biodiversity research (2006 – 2010). Participant. LC06073
• Grant of Ministry of Enviroment – Genetic diversity of endangered fish species – necessary basement for efective conservation of biodiversity (2005 – 2007). Participant. VaV-SM/6/3/05

• Sediva A., K. Janko, V. Slechtova, P. Kotlik, P. Simonovic, A. Delic, M. Vassilev (in press) Around or across the Carpathians: colonization model of the Danube basin inferred from genetic diversification of stone loach (Barbatula barbatula) populations. Molecular Ecology.
• Slechtova, V. jr., J. Bohlen, A. Perdices (2008): Molecular phylogeny of the freshwater fish family Cobitidae (Cypriniformes: Teleostei): delimitation of genera, mitochondrial introgression and evolution of sexual dimorphism. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Online release January 2008
• Bohlen J., Slechtova V. jr., I. Doadrio, P. Rab (2007): Low mitochondrial divergence indicates a rapid expansion across Europe in the weather loach, Misgurnus fossilis (L.). Journal of Fish Biology 71 (Supplement B): 186-194.
• Slechtova, V. jr., J. Bohlen, H.H. Tan (2007): Families of Cobitoidea (Teleostei; Cypriniformes) as revealed from nuclear genetic data and the position of the mysterious genera Barbucca, Psilorhynchus, Serpenticobitis and Vaillantella. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 1358-1365.
• Kalous, L., Slechtova, V., Bohlen, J., Petrtyl, M. & M. Svatora (2007): First European record of Carassius langsdorfii from the Elbe basin. Journal of Fish Biology 70 Suppl.: 132-138.
• Bohlen, J., Slechtova, V., Bogutskaya, N. & J. Freyhof (2006): Across Siberia and over Europe: Phylogenetic relationships of the freshwater fish genus Rhodeus in Europe and the phylogenetic position of R. sericeus from the River Amur. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 856-865.
• Slechtova, V., J. Bohlen, J. Freyhof & P. Rab (2006): Molecular phylogeny of the Southeast Asian freshwater fish family Botiidae (Teleostei: Cobitoidea) and the origin of polyploidy in their evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39: 529-541.
• Slechtova, V., J. Bohlen, J. Freyhof, H. Persat, G.B. Delmastro 2004: The Alps as barrier to dispersal in cold-adapted freshwater fishes? Phylogeographic history and taxonomic status of the bullhead in the Adriatic freshwater drainage. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 225-239.
• Bohlen, J., V. Slechtova, R. Sanda, L. Kalous, J. Freyhof, J. Vukic & D. Mrdak 2003: Cobitis ohridana and Barbatula zetensis in the River Moraca basin, Montenegro: Distribution, habitat, population structure and conservation needs. Folia Biologica (Krakow) 51 Suppl.: 147-153.

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