Author: Pavel Munclinger

Alu insertion polymorphisms in the African Sahel and the origin of Fulani pastoralists.

2017

The origin of Western African pastoralism, represented today by the Fulani nomads, has been a highly debated issue for the past decades, and has not yet been conclusively resolved.This study focused on Alu polymorphisms in sedentary and nomadic populations across the African Sahel to investigate patterns of diversity that can complement the existing results and contribute to resolving issues concerning the origin of West African pastoralism.A new dataset of 21 Alu biallelic markers covering a substantial part of the African Sahel has been analysed jointly with several published North African populations.Interestingly, with regard to Alu variation, the relationship of Fulani pastoralists to …

0106 biological sciences0301 basic medicineTransients and MigrantsAgingPolymorphism GeneticPhysiologyEpidemiologyPastoralismPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthAlu element010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciences03 medical and health sciencesWest african030104 developmental biologyGeographyAlu ElementsGeneticsEthnologyHumansNorth africanAfrica South of the SaharaAnnals of human biology

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The Indo‐European flyway: Opportunities and constraints reflected by Common Rosefinches breeding across Europe

2021

0106 biological sciencesFishery0303 health sciences03 medical and health sciencesGeographyEcologyFlyway010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics030304 developmental biologyJournal of Biogeography

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Alu insertion polymorphisms in the African Sahel and the origin of Fulani pastoralists

2017

Background: The origin of Western African pastoralism, represented today by the Fulani nomads, has been a highly debated issue for the past decades, and has not yet been conclusively resolved. Aim: This study focused on Alu polymorphisms in sedentary and nomadic populations across the African Sahel to investigate patterns of diversity that can complement the existing results and contribute to resolving issues concerning the origin of West African pastoralism. Subjects and methods: A new dataset of 21 Alu biallelic markers covering a substantial part of the African Sahel has been analysed jointly with several published North African populations. Results: Interestingly, with regard to Alu var…

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The genetic regulation of avian migration timing: combining candidate genes and quantitative genetic approaches in a long-distance migrant

2021

Abstract Plant and animal populations can adapt to prolonged environmental changes if they have sufficient genetic variation in important phenological traits. The genetic regulation of annual cycles can be studied either via candidate genes or through the decomposition of phenotypic variance by quantitative genetics. Here, we combined both approaches to study the timing of migration in a long-distance migrant, the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis). We found that none of the four studied candidate genes (CLOCK, NPAS2, ADCYAP1 and CREB1) had any consistent effect on the timing of six annual cycle stages of geolocator-tracked individuals. This negative result was confirmed by direct ob…

CLOCKannual cycleheritabilitymigrationphenology

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RScriptsCommonRosefinch

2021

Lisovski S, Neumann R, Albrecht T, Munclinger P, Ahola M, Bauer S, Cepak J, Fransson T, Jakobsson S, Jaakkonen T, Klvana P, Kullberg C, Laaksonen T, Metzger B, Piha M, Shurulinkov P, Stach R, Strom K, Velmala W, Briedis M. 2021. The Indo-European Flyway: opportunities and constraints reflected by common rosefinches breeding across Europe. J Biogeogr. doi:10.1111/jbi.14085