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  1. Molecular sexing applicable in 4000 species of lizards and snakes? From dream to real possibility

    Article • Methods in Ecology and Evolution, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  2. Minute Y chromosomes and karyotype evolution in Madagascan iguanas (Squamata: Iguania: Opluridae)

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, January 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  3. Evolutionary stability of sex chromosomes in snakes

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, December 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  4. Squamate hatchling size and the evolutionary causes of negative offspring size allometry

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, January 2015, Wiley

    Shai Meiri, Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  5. Elevated testosterone is required for male copulatory behavior and aggression in Madagascar ground gecko (Paroedura picta)

    Article • General and Comparative Endocrinology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  6. Sex determination in Madagascar geckos of the genus Paroedura (Squamata: Gekkonidae): are differentiated sex chromosomes indeed so evolutionary stable?

    Article • Chromosome Research, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  7. Phylogenetic relationships of Semaphore geckos (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae: Pristurus) with an assessment of the taxonomy of Pristurus rupestris

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2014, Magnolia Press

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  8. CONSERVED SEX CHROMOSOMES ACROSS ADAPTIVELY RADIATEDANOLISLIZARDS

    Article • Evolution, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  9. Cretaceous park of sex determination: sex chromosomes are conserved across iguanas

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  10. Multiple sex chromosomes in the light of female meiotic drive in amniote vertebrates

    Article • Chromosome Research, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  11. Evolution of body colouration in killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae, Nothobranchiidae, Rivulidae): Is male ornamentation constrained by intersexual genetic correlation?

    Article • Zoologischer Anzeiger, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  12. Two newly recognized species of Hemidactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Arabian Peninsula and Sinai, Egypt

    Article • ZooKeys, November 2013, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  13. Batbugs (Cimex pipistrelli group, Heteroptera: Cimicidae) are morphologically, but not genetically differentiated among bat hosts

    Article • Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, July 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  14. Ontogeny of pronounced female-biased sexual size dimorphism in the Malaysian cat gecko (Aeluroscalabotes felinus: Squamata: Eublepharidae): A test of the role of testosterone in growth regulation

    Article • General and Comparative Endocrinology, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  15. Out of Arabia: A Complex Biogeographic History of Multiple Vicariance and Dispersal Events in the Gecko Genus Hemidactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2013, PLOS

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  16. Ontogeny of Metabolic Rate and Red Blood Cell Size in Eyelid Geckos: Species Follow Different Paths

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2013, PLOS

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  17. Sexual size dimorphism in ground squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae: Marmotini) does not correlate with body size and sociality

    Article • Frontiers in Zoology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  18. Allometry of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Domestic Dog

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2012, PLOS

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  19. Overlap of Female Reproductive Cycles Explains Shortened Interclutch Interval in a Lizard with Invariant Clutch Size (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Paroedura picta )

    Article • Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, September 2012, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  20. Conservation of chromosomes syntenic with avian autosomes in squamate reptiles revealed by comparative chromosome painting

    Article • Chromosoma, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  21. Thermal dependence of reproductive allocation in a tropical lizard

    Article • Journal of Thermal Biology, April 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  22. Temperature-dependent rate of clutch production in a tropical lizard (Paroedura picta: Gekkonidae): Intraspecific test of the metabolic theory of ecology

    Article • Journal of Thermal Biology, April 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  23. Mitochondrial DNA and morphology show independent evolutionary histories of bedbug Cimex lectularius (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) on bats and humans

    Article • Parasitology Research, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  24. Method of releasing and number of animals are determinants for the success of European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus) reintroductions

    Article • European Journal of Wildlife Research, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  25. Microsatellite distribution on sex chromosomes at different stages of heteromorphism and heterochromatinization in two lizard species (Squamata: Eublepharidae: Coleonyx elegans and Lacertidae: Eremias velox)

    Article • BMC Genetics, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  26. Strong conservation of the bird Z chromosome in reptilian genomes is revealed by comparative painting despite 275 million years divergence

    Article • Chromosoma, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  27. Persistent effect of incubation temperature on stress-induced behavior in the Yucatan banded gecko (Coleonyx elegans).

    Article • Journal of Comparative Psychology, January 2011, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  28. Male sexual behavior does not require elevated testosterone in a lizard (Coleonyx elegans, Eublepharidae)

    Article • Hormones and Behavior, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  29. Differentiation of sex chromosomes and karyotypic evolution in the eye-lid geckos (Squamata: Gekkota: Eublepharidae), a group with different modes of sex determination

    Article • Chromosome Research, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  30. Cell Size but Not Genome Size Affects Scaling of Metabolic Rate in Eyelid Geckos

    Article • The American Naturalist, September 2009, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  31. First grow, then breed and finally get fat: hierarchical allocation to life-history traits in a lizard with invariant clutch size

    Article • Functional Ecology, June 2009, Wiley

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  32. Phylogeny of sex-determining mechanisms in squamate reptiles: are sex chromosomes an evolutionary trap?

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, May 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  33. Geographic morphological variation in parapatric Western Palearctic tree frogs, Hyla arborea and Hyla savignyi: are related species similarly affected by climatic conditions?

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  34. Cell size does not always correspond to genome size: Phylogenetic analysis in geckos questions optimal DNA theories of genome size evolution

    Article • Zoology, August 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  35. Body size, male combat and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in eublepharid geckos (Squamata: Eublepharidae)

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, June 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  36. Does the mechanism of sex determination constrain the potential for sex manipulation? A test in geckos with contrasting sex-determining systems

    Article • The Science of Nature, November 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  37. Phylogenetic analysis of sexual dimorphism in eye-lid geckos (Eublepharidae): the effects of male combat, courtship behavior, egg size, and body size

    Article • July 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  38. Why reduce clutch size to one or two eggs? Reproductive allometries reveal different evolutionary causes of invariant clutch size in lizards

    Article • Functional Ecology, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  39. Yolk hormone levels in the synchronously developing eggs ofParoedura picta, a gecko with genetic sex determination

    Article • Canadian Journal of Zoology, November 2006, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  40. Body-size effect on egg size in eublepharid geckos (Squamata: Eublepharidae), lizards with invariant clutch size: negative allometry for egg size in ectotherms is not universal

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, August 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  41. Generalist cuckoo bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecodes) are species-specialist at the individual level

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, March 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  42. Dwarf and giant geckos from the cellular perspective: the bigger the animal, the bigger its erythrocytes?

    Article • Functional Ecology, August 2005, Wiley

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil

  43. Body size, male combat and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in eublepharid geckos (Squamata: Eublepharidae)

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, June 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lukas Kratochvil