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List of works by Tomas Albrecht

A global analysis of aerial displays in passerines revealed an effect of habitat, mating system and migratory traits

scientific article published on 20 April 2022

A global analysis of song frequency in passerines provides no support for the acoustic adaptation hypothesis but suggests a role for sexual selection

scientific article published on 12 December 2020

A sex-chromosome inversion causes strong overdominance for sperm traits that affect siring success

scientific article published on 17 July 2017

Abundance variations within feeding guilds reveal ecological mechanisms behind avian species richness pattern along the elevational gradient of Mount Cameroon

scientific article published in 2023

Adjusting risk-taking to the annual cycle of long-distance migratory birds

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

An Alternative Theoretical Approach to Escape Decision-Making: The Role of Visual Cues

scientific article published on March 12, 2012

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

scientific article published on 10 June 2016

Avian haemosporidians in haematophagous insects in the Czech Republic.

scientific article published on 6 December 2012

Cathepsins B1 and B2 in the neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti: distinct gene expression profiles and presumptive roles throughout the life cycle.

scientific article published on 16 June 2010

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

scientific article published on 28 January 2015

Choosing mates: complementary versus compatible genes

scientific article published on 13 December 2004

Cloacal Microbiome Structure in a Long-Distance Migratory Bird Assessed Using Deep 16sRNA Pyrosequencing.

scientific article published on 11 September 2015

Codiversification of gastrointestinal microbiota and phylogeny in passerines is not explained by ecological divergence.

scientific article published on 12 April 2017

Comment on "Global pattern of nest predation is disrupted by climate change in shorebirds"

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Determination of testosterone and corticosterone in feathers using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 02 January 2019

Development of Unique House Mouse Resources Suitable for Evolutionary Studies of Speciation

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Divergent sexual signals reflect costs of local parasites

scientific article published on 08 May 2020

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

scientific article published in 2014

Evaluation of two approaches to genotyping major histocompatibility complex class I in a passerine-CE-SSCP and 454 pyrosequencing.

scientific article published on 24 October 2011

Feather steroid hormone concentrations in relation to age, sex, and molting time in a long-distance migratory passerine

scientific article published on 23 July 2019

Fecal microbiota associated with phytohaemagglutinin-induced immune response in nestlings of a passerine bird

scientific article published on 20 September 2018

First evidence of independent pseudogenization of toll-like receptor 5 in passerine birds

scientific article published on 6 March 2014

Genome-wide differentiation in closely related populations: the roles of selection and geographic isolation.

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Gut microbiota in two recently diverged passerine species: evaluating the effects of species identity, habitat use and geographic distance

scientific article published on 10 March 2021

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

scientific article published on 6 February 2013

High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests

scientific article published on 25 August 2021

Inbreeding depression of sperm traits in the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata.

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Incubation temperature influences trade-off between structural size and energy reserves in mallard hatchlings.

scientific article published on 23 December 2014

Latitudinal but not elevational variation in blood glucose level is linked to life history across passerine birds

scientific article published in 2022

MHC class IIB exon 2 polymorphism in the Grey partridge (Perdix perdix) is shaped by selection, recombination and gene conversion

scientific article

Mate choice for major histocompatibility complex complementarity in a strictly monogamous bird, the grey partridge (Perdix perdix)

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

Moderate heritability and low evolvability of sperm morphology in a species with high risk of sperm competition, the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis

scientific article published on 10 December 2018

New Insight into Sperm Capacitation: A Novel Mechanism of 17β-Estradiol Signalling

journal article from 'International Journal of Molecular Sciences' published in 2018

No Evidence for Trade-Offs Between Lifespan, Fecundity, and Basal Metabolic Rate Mediated by Liver Fatty Acid Composition in Birds

scientific article published on 29 March 2021

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

scientific article published on 22 March 2016

Patterns of host-parasite associations in tropical lice and their passerine hosts in Cameroon

scientific article published on 18 June 2020

Phenotypic differentiation is associated with divergent sexual selection among closely related barn swallow populations

scientific article published on 18 August 2016

Postcopulatory sexual selection is associated with accelerated evolution of sperm morphology.

scientific article published on 21 March 2015

Postcopulatory sexual selection reduces Z-linked genetic variation and might contribute to the large Z effect in passerine birds

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

Repeated intraspecific divergence in life span and aging of African annual fishes along an aridity gradient.

scientific article published on 17 November 2016

Scrutinizing assortative mating in birds

scientific article published on 21 February 2019

Selection on multiple sexual signals in two Central and Eastern European populations of the barn swallow

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

Signalling components of the house mouse mate recognition system

scientific article published on 27 August 2008

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

scientific article published on 06 June 2018

Sperm competition in tropical versus temperate zone birds

scientific article published on 12 December 2012

Sperm divergence in a passerine contact zone: Indication of reinforcement at the gametic level

scientific article published on 07 January 2019

Sperm length variation as a predictor of extrapair paternity in passerine birds

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Sperm morphology in two house mouse subspecies: do wild-derived strains and wild mice tell the same story?

scientific article

Sperm size evolution in African greenbuls (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae)

Sperm-related phenotypes implicated in both maintenance and breakdown of a natural species barrier in the house mouse.

scientific article published on 10 October 2012

Temporal Stability and the Effect of Transgenerational Transfer on Fecal Microbiota Structure in a Long Distance Migratory Bird

scientific article published on February 2017

Testing the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis in the presence and absence of inbreeding

scientific article

Trade-off between carotenoid-based sexual ornamentation and sperm resistance to oxidative challenge.

scientific article published in January 2017

Variation in diet composition and its relation to gut microbiota in a passerine bird

scientific article published on 08 March 2022

Where are the wormy mice? A reexamination of hybrid parasitism in the European house mouse hybrid zone.

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