Publications – Evolutionary Biology Group

Representative publications (full list below)

Parrett, J. M., Chmielewski, S., Aydogdu, E., Łukasiewicz, A., Rombauts, S., Szubert-Kruszyńska, A., Babik, W., Konczal, M. & Radwan, J. (2022). Genomic evidence that a sexually selected trait captures genome-wide variation and facilitates the purging of genetic load. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-13. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01816-w

Radwan, J., Babik, W., Kaufman, J., Lenz, T. L., & Winternitz, J. (2020). Advances in the Evolutionary Understanding of MHC Polymorphism. Trends in Genetics. doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2020.01.008

Migalska, M., Sebastian, A. & Radwan, J. Major histocompatibility complex class I diversity limits the repertoire of T cell receptors. (2019) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 201807864. doi:10.1073/PNAS.1807864116

Phillips, K.P., Cable J, Mohammed R.S., Herdegen-Radwan M., Raubic J., Przesmycka K.J., Oosterhout C.v., Radwan J. (2018). Immunogenetic Novelty Confers a Selective Advantage in Host-Pathogen Coevolution. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., doi:10.1073/pnas.1708597115

Łukasiewicz, A, Szubert-Kruszyńska, A, Radwan, J. (2017). Kin selection promotes female productivity and cooperation between the sexes. Science Advances, Vol. 3, no. 3, e1602262, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1602262

Konczal, M., Babik, W., Radwan, J., Sadowska, E. T., & Koteja, P. (2015). Initial molecular-level response to artificial selection for increased aerobic metabolism occurs primarily through changes in gene expression. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32(6), 1461-1473.

Plesnar-Bielak, A. P., Skrzynecka, A. M., Miler, K., & Radwan, J. (2014). Selection for alternative male reproductive tactics alters intralocus sexual conflict. Evolution, 68(7), 2137-2144. doi.org/10.1111/evo.12409

Biedrzycka A., Bielański W., Ćmiel A., Solarz W., Zając T., Migalska M., Sebastian A., Westerdahl H., Radwan J. (2018). Blood parasites shape extreme MHC diversity in a migratory passerine. Molecular Ecology (27), 2594–2603., doi.org/10.1111/mec.14592

2024

Parrett, J. M., Kulczak, M., & Szudarek‐Trepto, N. (2024). Fertility loss under thermal stress: Males have lower fertility limits but no evidence of sex differences in sensitivity. Oikos. doi.org/10.1111/oik.10329

Esattore, B., Buczek, M., Dušek, A., Kotrba, R., Pluháček, J., Ceacero, F., Komárková, M., Bartošová, J., Radwan, J. & Bartoš, L (2024). Ivermectin decreases parasite load, testosterone, and potentially antler length in a group of captive red deer males (Cervus elaphus). Research in Veterinary Science. doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2023.105095

2023

Marková, S., Lanier, H.C., Escalante, M.A., da Cruz, M.O., Horníková, M., Konczal, M., Weider, L.J., Searle, J.B. and Kotlík, P., 2023. Local adaptation and future climate vulnerability in a wild rodent. Nature Communications, 14(1), p.7840. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43383-z

Ravigné, V., Rodrigues, L. R., Charlery De La Masseliere, M., Facon, B., Kuczyński, L., Radwan, J., … & Magalhães, S. (2023). Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13018

Radwan, J., Kohi, C., Ejsmond, M., Paganini, J., & Pontarotti, P. (2023). Integration of the immune memory into the pathogen‐driven MHC polymorphism hypothesis. HLA. https://doi.org/10.1111/tan.15216

Ejsmond, M. J., Radwan, J., Ejsmond, A., Gaczorek, T., & Babik, W. (2023). Adaptive immune response selects for postponed maturation and increased body size. Functional Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14416

Łukasiewicz, A., Porwal, N., Niśkiewicz, M., Parrett, J. M., & Radwan, J. (2023). Sexually-selected male weapon increases the risk of population extinction under environmental change: an experimental evidence. Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad139

Burda, K., & Konczal, M. (2023). Validation of machine learning approach for direct mutation rate estimation. Molecular Ecology Resources. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13841

Przesmycka, K., Herdegen‐Radwan, M., Phillips, K. P., Mohammed, R. S., & Radwan, J. (2023). The quest for good genes: Epigamic traits, fitness, MHC and multilocus heterozygosity in the guppy. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17083

Parrett, J., Wasilewska, J., Przesmycka, K., Chmielewski, S., Scholz, M., & Radwan, J. (2023). Cytoplasmic incompatibility associated with Wolbachia strains differing in the presence of cif genes (preprint). 10.22541/au.168561193.33216190/v1

Knell, R., & Parrett, J. (2023). Alternative reproductive tactics and evolutionary rescue (preprint). 10.1101/2023.06.26.546260

Charlesworth, D., Qiu, S., Bergero, R., Gardner, J., Keegan, K., & Konczal, M. (2023). Has recombination changed during the recent evolution of the guppy Y chromosome? bioRxiv, 2023-05. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.17.541215

Parrett, J. M., Łukasiewicz, A., Chmielewski, S., Szubert-Kruszyńska, A., Maurizio, P. L., Grieshop, K., & Radwan, J. (2023). A sexually selected male weapon characterized by strong additive genetic variance and no evidence for sexually antagonistic polyphenic maintenance. Evolution, 77(6), 1289-1302. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad039

Przesmycka, K., & Radwan, J. (2023). Small-scale genetic structure of populations of the bulb mite Rhizoglyphus robini. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-023-00807-1

Niedziałkowska, M., Tarnowska, E., Babik, W., Konczal, M., Gharbi, K., Cezard, T., & Jędrzejewska, B. (2023). Different waves of postglacial recolonisation and genomic structure of bank vole populations in NE Poland. Heredity, 130(5), 269-277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41437-023-00600-1

2022

Walsman, J. C., Janecka, M. J., Clark, D. R., Kramp, R. D., Rovenolt, F., Patrick, R., Mohammed, R. S., Konczal, M., Cressler, C. E., & Stephenson, J. F. (2022). Shoaling guppies evade predation but have deadlier parasites. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7), 945–954. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01772-5

Migalska, M., Przesmycka, K., Alsarraf, M., Bajer, A., Behnke-Borowczyk, J., Grzybek, Behnke, J. M., Radwan, J. (2022). Long term patterns of association between MHC and helminth burdens in the bank vole support Red Queen dynamics. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16486

Williamson, J., Teh, E., Jucker, T., Brindle, M., Bush, E., Chung, A. Y., Parrett, J., Lewis, S., Rossiter, S., Slade, E. M. (2022). Local‐scale temperature gradients driven by human disturbance shape the physiological and morphological traits of dung beetle communities in a Bornean oil‐palm‐forest mosaic. Functional Ecology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14062

Skoracka, A., Laska, A., Radwan, J., Konczal, M., Lewandowski, M., Puchalska, E., Karpicka-Ignatowska, K., Przychodzka, A., Raubic, R., Kuczyński, L. (2022). Effective specialist or jack of all trades? Experimental evolution of a crop pest in fluctuating and stable environments. Evolutionary Applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13360

2021

Herdegen‐Radwan, M., Cattelan, S., Buda, J., Raubic, J., Radwan, J. (2021). What do orange spots reveal about male (and female) guppies? A test using correlated responses to selection. Evolution, 75(12), 3037-3055. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14384

Parrett, J. M., Slade, E. M., & Knell, R. J. (2022). Morph‐specific investment in testes mass in a trimorphic beetle, Proagoderus watanabei. Journal of Zoology, 316(3), 169-177. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12941

Nadachowska‐Brzyska, K., Konczal, M., & Babik, W. Navigating the temporal continuum of effective population size. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13740

Plesnar‐Bielak, A., & Łukasiewicz, A. (2021). Sexual conflict in a changing environment. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12728

Parrett, J. M., Ghobert, V., Cullen, F. S., & Knell, R. J. (2021). Strong sexual selection fails to protect against inbreeding-driven extinction in a moth. Behavioral Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab056

Phillips, K. P., Cable, J., Mohammed, R. S., Chmielewski, S., Przesmycka, K. J., Van Oosterhout, C., & Radwan, J. (2021). Functional immunogenetic variation, rather than local adaptation, predicts ectoparasite infection intensity in a model fish species. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16135

Herdegen-Radwan, M., Phillips, K. P., Babik, W., Mohammed, R. S., & Radwan, J. (2021). Balancing selection versus allele and supertype turnover in MHC class II genes in guppies. Heredity, 126(3), 548-560. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-020-00369-7

Konczal, M., Przesmycka, K. J., Mohammed, R. S., Hahn, C., Cable, J., & Radwan, J. (2021). Expansion of frozen hybrids in the guppy ectoparasite, Gyrodactylus turnbulli. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15781

2020

Herdegen-Radwan, M., Phillips, K. P., Babik, W., Mohammed, R. S., & Radwan, J. (2020). Balancing selection versus allele and supertype turnover in MHC class II genes in guppies. Heredity, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-020-00369-7

Plesnar‐Bielak, A., Skwierzyńska, A. M., & Radwan, J. (2020). Sexual and ecological selection on a sexual conflict gene. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13680

Konczal, M., Ellison, A., Phillips, K. P., Radwan, J., Mohammed, R. S., Cable, J., & Chadzinska, M. (2020) RNA‐Seq analysis of the guppy immune response against Gyrodactylus bullatarudis infection. Parasite Immunology. https://doi.org/10.1111/pim.12782

Łukasiewicz, A., Niśkiewicz, M., & Radwan, J. (2020). Sexually‐selected male weapon is associated with lower inbreeding load but higher gender load in the bulb mite. Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14033

Konczal, M., Przesmycka, K. J., Mohammed, R. S., Phillips, K. P., Camara, F., Chmielewski, S., Hahn, C., Guigo, R., Cable, L., & Radwan, J. (2020). Gene duplications, divergence and recombination shape adaptive evolution of the fish ectoparasite, Gyrodactylus bullatarudis. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15421

Łukasiewicz A. (2020) Juvenile diet quality and intensity of sexual conflict in the mite Sancassania berlesei. BMC Evolutionary Biology 20 (1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-1599-5

Bentkowski P, Radwan J. (2020) Mating preferences can drive expansion or contraction of major histocompatibility complex gene family. Proc. R. Soc. B 287: 20192706. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2706

Radwan, J., Babik, W., Kaufman, J., Lenz, T. L., & Winternitz, J. (2020). Advances in the Evolutionary Understanding of MHC Polymorphism. Trends in Genetics. doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2020.01.008

2019

Hawkes, M. F., Duffy, E., Joag, R., Skeats, A., Radwan, J., Wedell, N. & Troscianko, J. (2019). Sexual selection drives the evolution of male wing interference patterns. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286, 20182850. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2850

Bentkowski, P., Radwan, J. Evolution of major histocompatibility complex gene copy number. PLoS Computational Biology 15(5),e1007015 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007015

Migalska, M., Sebastian, A. & Radwan, J. Major histocompatibility complex class I diversity limits the repertoire of T cell receptors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 201807864 (2019). doi:10.1073/PNAS.1807864116

Duffy, E., Archer, C. R., Sharma, M. D., Prus, M., Joag, R. A., Radwan, J., … & Hosken, D. J. (2019). Wolbachia infection can bias estimates of intralocus sexual conflict. Ecology and evolution, 9(1), 328-338. 10.1002/ece3.4744

2018

Ejsmond M.J., Phillips K.P., Babik W., Radwan J. (2018) The role of MHC supertypes in promoting trans-species polymorphism remains an open question. Nature communications 9 (1), 4362, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06821-x

Migalska M., Sebastian A., Radwan J. (2018) Profiling of the TCRβ repertoire in non-model species using high-throughput sequencing. Sci Rep 8(1):11613. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30037-0

Sebastian A., Migalska M., Biedrzycka A (2018) AmpliSAS and AmpliHLA: Web Server Tools for MHC Typing of Non-Model Species and Human Using NGS Data. HLA Typing: Methods and Protocols, ed. Boegel S (Springer New York, New York, NY), pp 249–273.

Phillips, K.P., Cable J, Mohammed R.S., Herdegen-Radwan M., Raubic J., Przesmycka K.J., Oosterhout C.v., Radwan J.. (2018). Immunogenetic Novelty Confers a Selective Advantage in Host-Pathogen Coevolution. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., doi:10.1073/pnas.1708597115

Kotlík P., Marková S., Konczal M., Babik W., Searle J.B. (2018) Genomics of end-Pleistocene population replacement in a small mammal. Proc. R. Soc. B.; doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2624.

2017

Biedrzycka, A., O’Connor, E., Sebastian, A., Migalska, M., Radwan, J., Zając, T., … Westerdahl, H. (2017). Extreme MHC class I diversity in the sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus); selection patterns and allelic divergence suggest that different genes have different functions. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17(1), 159. doi: doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0997-9

Migalska, M., Sebastian, A., Konczal, M., Kotlík, P., & Radwan, J. (2017). De novo transcriptome assembly facilitates characterisation of fast-evolving gene families, MHC class I in the bank vole (Myodes glareolus). Heredity, 118 (4), 348-357 doi:10.1038/hdy.2016.105

2016

Bentkowski, P., van Oosterhout, C., Ashby, B., Mock, T. (2016). The effect of extrinsic mortality on genome size evolution in prokaryotes. The ISME Journal. doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.165

Biedrzycka, A., Sebastian, A., Migalska, M., Westerdahl, H., & Radwan, J. (2016). Testing genotyping strategies for ultra-deep sequencing of a co-amplifying gene family: MHC class I in a passerine bird. Molecular Ecology Resources. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12612

Gonzalez‐Quevedo, C., Davies, R. G., Phillips, K. P., Spurgin, L. G., & Richardson, D. S. (2016). Landscape‐scale variation in an anthropogenic factor shapes immune gene variation within a wild population. Molecular Ecology. doi:10.1111/MEC.13759

Konczal, M., Koteja, P., Orlowska-Feuer, P., Radwan, J., Sadowska, E. T., & Babik, W. (2016). Genomic Response to Selection for Predatory Behavior in a Mammalian Model of Adaptive Radiation. Molecular Biology and Evolution, doi:10.1093/molbev/msw121

Skrzynecka, A., & Radwan, J. (2016). Experimental evolution reveals balancing selection underlying coexistence of alternative male reproductive phenotypes. Evolution. doi:10.1111/EVO.13038

Contreras-Moreira, B. & Sebastian, A. FootprintDB: Analysis of Plant Cis-Regulatory Elements, Transcription Factors, and Binding Interfaces. Methods Mol. Biol. 1482, 259–77 (2016).

Wójkiewicz B., Litkowiec M., Wachowiak W (2016) Contrasting patterns of genetic variation in core and peripheral populations of highly outcrossing and wind pollinated forest tree species. AoB Plants, doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plw054 [PDF]

Wachowiak W., Żukowska WB., Wójkiewicz B., Cavers S., Litkowiec M. (2016) Hybridization in contact zone between temperate European pine species. Tree Genetics & Genomes, DOI: 10.1007/s11295-016-1007-x [PDF]

Wójkiewicz B., Cavers S., Wachowiak W. (2016) Current Approaches and Perspectives in Population Genetics of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). Forest Science, 62(3): 343-354 [PDF]

Joag, R., Stuglik, M., Konczal, M., Plesnar-Bielak, A., Skrzynecka, A., Babik, W., & Radwan, J. (2016). Transcriptomics of Intralocus Sexual Conflict: Gene Expression Patterns in Females Change in Response to Selection on a Male Secondary Sexual Trait in the Bulb Mite. Genome Biology and Evolution, 8(8), 2351–2357.

Perry A., Wachowiak W., Brown AW., Ennos RA, Cottrell JE, Cavers S (2016) Substantial heritable variation for susceptibility to Dothistroma septosporum within populations of native British Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). Plant Pathology, DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12528 [PDF]

Perry, J. C., Joag, R., Hosken, D. J., Wedell, N., Radwan, J., Wigby, S., … Ripley, B. (2016). Experimental evolution under hyper-promiscuity in Drosophila melanogaster. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2016 16:1, 16(1), 376–383.

Wójkiewicz B., Wachowiak W. (2016) Substructuring of Scots pine in Europe based on polymorphism at chloroplast microsatellite loci. Flora220: 142–149 [PDF]

Radwan, J., Engqvist, L., & Reinhold, K. (2016.). A Paradox of Genetic Variance in Epigamic Traits: Beyond “Good Genes” View of Sexual Selection. Evolutionary Biology, 43(2), 267–275.

Sebastian, A., Herdegen, M., Migalska, M., & Radwan, J. (2016). amplisas: a web server for multilocus genotyping using next‐generation amplicon sequencing data. Molecular Ecology Resources, 16(2), 498-510. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12453

Żukowska BW., Wachowiak W. (2016). Utility of closely related taxa for genetic studies of adaptive variation and speciation: Current state and perspectives in plants with focus on forest tree species. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54(1): 17-28 [PDF]

Buczek, M., Okarma, H., Demiaszkiewicz, A. W., & Radwan, J. (2016). MHC, parasites and antler development in red deer: no support for the Hamilton & Zuk hypothesis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29(3), 617–632.

2015

Ejsmond, M. J., & Radwan, J. (2015). Red Queen Processes Drive Positive Selection on Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Genes. PLoS Computational Biology, 11(11), e1004627. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004627
Herdegen, M., & Radwan, J. (2015). Effect of induced mutations on sexually selected traits in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata. Animal Behaviour, 110, 105–111. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.09.013

Herdegen, M., Radwan, J., Sobczynska, U., Dabert, M., Konjević, D., Schlichter, J., & Jurczyszyn, M. (2016). Population structure of edible dormouse in Poland: the role of habitat fragmentation and implications for conservation. Journal of Zoology, 298(3), 217–224. doi:10.1111/jzo.12304

Bentkowski, P., Van Oosterhout, C. & Mock, T. (2015). A model of genome size evolution for prokaryotes in stable and fluctuating environments. Genome Biol. Evol. doi:10.1093/gbe/evv148

Laskowski, R., Radwan, J., Kuduk, K., Mendrok, M., & Kramarz, P. (2015). Population growth rate and genetic variability of small and large populations of red flour beetle (tribolium castaneum) following multigenerational exposure to copper.Ecotoxicology, 24(5), 1162-1170.

Wachowiak W., Cavers S., Żukowska W. (2015). Interspecific gene flow and ecological selection in a pine (Pinus sp.) contact zone. Plant Systematics and Evolution 301: 1643-1652.[PDF]

Wachowiak, W., Trivedi, U., Perry, A., Cavers, S. (2015). Comparative transcriptomics of a complex of four European pine species. BMC Genomics 16: 234. [PDF]

Wachowiak W. (2015). Genetic relationships between Polish and reference populations of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Europe based on nucleotide polymorphism study at nuclear loci. Sylwan 159: 53-61 [PDF]

Wilkinson, G. S., Breden, F., Mank, J. E., Ritchie, M. G., Higginson, A. D., Radwan, J., . . . Rowe, L. (2015). The locus of sexual selection: Moving sexual selection studies into the post-genomics era. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28(4), 739-755.

Winternitz, J. C., Promerova, M., Polakova, R., Vinker, M., Schnitzer, J., Munclinger, P., . . . Albrecht, T. (2015). Effects of heterozygosity and MHC diversity on patterns of extra-pair paternity in the socially monogamous scarlet rosefinch. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69(3), 459-469.

2014

Duffy, E., Joag, R., Radwan, J., Wedell, N., & Hosken, D. J. (2014). Inbreeding alters intersexual fitness correlations in drosophila simulans. Ecology and Evolution, 4(17), 3330-3338.

Ejsmond, M. J., Radwan, J., Wilson, A. B., & Wilson, A. B. (2014). Sexual selection and the evolutionary dynamics of the major histocompatibility complex. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1796)

Herdegen, M., Alexander, H. J., Babik, W., Mavárez, J., Breden, F., & Radwan, J. (2014). Population structure of guppies in north-eastern venezuela, the area of putative incipient speciation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14(1)

Herdegen, M., Babik, W., & Radwan, J. (2014). Selective pressures on MHC class II genes in the guppy (poecilia reticulata) as inferred by hierarchical analysis of population structure. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27(11), 2347-2359.

Herdegen, M., Dudka, K., & Radwan, J. (2014). Heterozygosity and orange coloration are associated in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27(1), 220-225.

Konczal, M., Koteja, P., Stuglik, M. T., Radwan, J., & Babik, W. (2014). Accuracy of allele frequency estimation using pooled RNA-seq. Molecular Ecology Resources, 14(2), 381-392.

Kuduk, K., Babik, W., Bellemain, E., Valentini, A., Zedrosser, A., Taberlet, P., . . . Radwan, J. (2014). No evidence for the effect of MHC on male mating success in the brown bear. PLoS ONE, 9(12)

Plesnar-Bielak, A. P., Skrzynecka, A. M., Miler, K., & Radwan, J. (2014). Selection for alternative male reproductive tactics alters intralocus sexual conflict. Evolution, 68(7), 2137-2144.

Postawa T., Szubert-Kruszyńska A., Ferenc H. (2014) Differences between populations of Spinturnix myoti (Acari:Mesostigmata) in breeding and non-breeding colonies of Myotis myotis (Chiroptera) in central Europe: the effect of roost type. Folia Parasitologica 61: 581–588,

Postawa T., Szubert-Kruszyńska A. (2014) Is parasite load dependent on host aggregation size? The case of the greater mouse-eared bat Myotis myotis (Mammalia: Chiroptera) and its parasitic mite Spinturnix myoti (Acari: Gamasida). Parasitology Research, 113:1803–1811

Radwan, J., Kuduk, K., Levy, E., Lebas, N., & Babik, W. (2014). Parasite load and MHC diversity in undisturbed and agriculturally modified habitats of the ornate dragon lizard. Molecular Ecology, 23(24), 5966-5978.

Radwan, J., Łukasiewicz, A., & Twardawa, M. (2014). Colony size, but not density, affects survival and mating success of alternative male reproductive tactics in a polyphenic mite, rhizoglyphus echinopus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 68(12), 1921-1928.

Stuglik, M. T., Babik, W., Prokop, Z., & Radwan, J. (2014). Alternative reproductive tactics and sex-biased gene expression: The study of the bulb mite transcriptome. Ecology and Evolution, 4(5), 623-632.

Wachowiak, W., Wόjkiewicz, B., Cavers, S., Lewandowski, A. (2014) High genetic similarity between Polish and North European Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) populations at nuclear gene loci. Tree Genetics & Genomes 10, 1015-1025

Wachowiak W., Cavers, S., Zukowska, W.B. Interspecific gene flow and ecological selection in a pine (Pinus sp.) contact zone. Plant Systematics and Evolution DOI: 10.1007/s00606-014-1182-x

2013

Herdegen, M., Nadachowska-Brzyska, K., Konowalik, A., Babik, W., & Radwan, J. (2013). Heterozygosity, sexual ornament and body size in the crested newt. Journal of Zoology, 291, 146-153.

Plesnar-Bielak, A., Skrzynecka, A. M., Prokop, Z. M., Kolasa, M., Działo, M., & Radwan, J. (2013). No evidence for reproductive isolation through sexual conflict in the bulb mite Rhizoglyphus robini. PLoS ONE, 8(9)

Kloch, A., Baran, K., Buczek, M., Konarzewski, M., & Radwan, J. (2013). MHC influences infection with parasites and winter survival in the root vole Microtus oeconomus. Evolutionary Ecology, 27 , 635-653

2012

Radwan, J., & Babik, W. (2012). The genomics of adaptation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279, 5024-5028.

Radwan, J., Zagalska-Neubauer, M., Cichoń, M., Sendecka, J., Kulma, K., Gustafsson, L., & Babik, W. (2012). MHC diversity, malaria and lifetime reproductive success in collared flycatchers. Molecular Ecology, 21, 2469-2479.

Plesnar-Bielak, A., Skrzynecka, A. M., Prokop, Z. M., & Radwan, J. (2012). Mating system affects population performance and extinction risk under environmental challenge. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279, 4661-4667.

Prokop, Z. M., Michalczyk, L., Drobniak, S. M., Herdegen, M., & Radwan, J. (2012). Meta-analysis suggests choosy females get sexy sons more than “good genes”. Evolution, 66, 2665-2673.

Kuduk, K., Babik, W., Bojarska, K., Sliwinska, E. B., Kindberg, J., Taberlet, P.,Swenson J, Radwan, J. (2012). Evolution of major histocompatibility complex class I and class II genes in the brown bear. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12:197.

Kuduk, K., Johanet, A., Allainé, D., Cohas, A., & Radwan, J. (2012). Contrasting patterns of selection acting on MHC class I and class II DRB genes in the alpine marmot (Marmota marmota). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25, 1686-1693.

Babik, W., Kawałko, A., Wójcik, J. M., & Radwan, J. (2012). Low major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) variation in the European Bison (Bison bonasus). Journal of Heredity, 103, 349-359.

Nadachowska-Brzyska, K., Zieliński, P., Radwan, J., & Babik, W. (2012). Interspecific hybridization increases MHC class II diversity in two sister species of newts. Molecular Ecology, 21, 887-906.

Promerová, M., Babik, W., Bryja, J., Albrecht, T., Stuglik, M., & Radwan, J. (2012). Evaluation of two approaches to genotyping major histocompatibility complex class I in a passerine-CE-SSCP and 454 pyrosequencing. Molecular Ecology Resources, 12, 285-292.

2011

Biedrzycka, A., Kloch, A., Buczek, M., & Radwan, J. (2011). Major histocompatibility complex DRB genes and blood parasite loads in fragmented populations of the spotted suslik spermophilus suslicus. Mammalian Biology, 76, 672-677.

Chadzinska, M., Broniek, B., & Radwan, J. (2011). Diet quality affects allergic peritonitis in mice. Folia Biologica, 59, 7-11.

Ejsmond, M. J., & Radwan, J. (2011). MHC diversity in bottlenecked populations: A simulation model. Conservation Genetics, 12, 129-137.

Plesnar, A., Konior, M., & Radwan, J. (2011). The role of sexual selection in purging the genome of induced mutations in the bulb mite (Rhizoglyphus robini). Evolutionary Ecology Research, 13(2), 209-216.

Stuglik, M. T., Radwan, J., & Babik, W. (2011). jMHC: Software assistant for multilocus genotyping of gene families using next-generation amplicon sequencing. Molecular Ecology Resources, 11, 739-742.

Tomkins, J. L., Hazel, W. N., Penrose, M. A., Radwan, J. W., & Lebas, N. R. (2011). Habitat complexity drives experimental evolution of a conditionally expressed secondary sexual trait. Current Biology, 21, 569-573.

2010

Radwan, J., Biedrzycka, A., & Babik, W. 2010. Does reduced MHC diversity decrease viability of vertebrate populations? Biological Conservation, 143, 537-544.

Zagalska-Neubauer, M., Babik, W., Stuglik, M., Gustafsson, L., Cichoń, M., Radwan, J. (2010). 454 sequencing reveals extreme complexity of the class II major histocompatibility complex in the collared flycatcher. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10, 395

Ejsmond, M. J., Babik, W., & Radwan, J. 2010. MHC allele frequency distributions under parasite-driven selection: A simulation model. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10, 332

Radwan, J., Demiaszkiewicz, A. W., Kowalczyk, R., Lachowicz, J., Kawałko, A., Wójcik, J. M., et al. 2010. An evaluation of two potential risk factors, MHC diversity and host density, for infection by an invasive nematode Ashworthius sidemi in endangered european bison (Bison bonasus). Biological Conservation, 143, 2049-2053.

Prokop, Z. M., Leś, J. E., Banaś, P. K., Koteja, P., & Radwan, J. 2010. Low inbreeding depression in a sexual trait in the stalk-eyed fly Teleopsis dalmanni. Evol Ecol, 24, 827-837.

Babik, W., Stuglik, M., Qi, W., Kuenzli, M., Kuduk, K., Koteja, P., Babik, W. 2010. Heart transcriptome of the bank vole (myodes glareolus): Towards understanding the evolutionary variation in metabolic rate. BMC Genomics, 11, 390

Jarzebowska, M., & Radwan, J. 2010. Sexual selection counteracts extinction of small populations of the bulb mites. Evolution, 64, 1283-1289

Kloch, A., Babik, W., Bajer, A., Siński, E., & Radwan, J. 2010. Effects of an MHC-DRB genotype and allele number on the load of gut parasites in the bank vole Myodes glareolus. Mol Ecol 19S, 255-265.

Konior M, Radwan J, Keller L 2009. The sexually selected sperm hypothesis, maternal effects, and sperm competitive success in the bulb mite Rhizoglyphus robini. Evol Ecol Res, 11, 975-982.

Babik, W., Taberlet P., Ejsmond M., Radwan J. 2009. New generation sequencers as a tool for genotyping of highly polymorphic multilocus MHC system. Mol Ecol Res 9, 713-719.

Radwan, J. 2009. Alternative mating tactics in acarid mites. Adv Stud Behav, 39, 185-208.

2009 and older

Babik W., Pabijan, M., Arntzen, J.W., Cogalniceanu, D., Durka, W., Radwan, J. 2009. Long-term survival of a urodele amphibian despite depleted major histocompatibility complex variation. Mol Ecol, 18, 769-781.

Lopuch, S., Radwan, J. 2009. Condition dependence of sexual attractiveness in the bank vole. Behav Ecol Sociobiol, 63, 339-344.

Biedrzycka, A., Radwan J. 2008. Population fragmentation and major histocompatibility complex variation in the spotted suslik, Spermophilus suslicus. Mol. Ecol. 17: 4801-4811

Radwan, J., Tkacz, A., Kloch, A. 2008. MHC and preferences for male odour in the bank vole. Ethology 114: 827-833

Radwan, J. 2008 Maintenance of genetic variation in sexual ornaments: a review of the mechanisms. Genetica 134, 113–127

Babik, W., Pabian, M., Radwan, J. 2008. Contrasting patterns of variation in MHC loci in the Alpine newt. Mol Ecol 17, 2339–2355

Radwan, J., Kawałko, A., Wójcik, J.M., Babik, W. 2007. MHC-DRB3 variation in a free-living population of the European bison, Bison bonasus. Mol. Ecol.16: 531-540

Prokop, Z.M., Stuglik, M., Żabińska, I., Radwan. J. 2007. Male age, mating probability, and progeny fitness in the bulb mite. Behav. Ecol. 18: 597-601

Babik, W., Radwan, J. 2007. Sequence diversity of MHC class II DRB genes in the bank vole Myodes glareolus. Acta Theriol, 52: 227-235

Radwan, J. 2007. Sexual selection and conflict in the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini (Astigmata: Acaridae). Exp Appl Acarol. 42(3):151-8.

Tilszer, M., Antoszczyk, K., Sałek, N., Zając, E, Radwan J., 2006. Evolution under relaxed sexual conflict in the bulb mite Rhizoglyphus robini. Evolution, 60:1868-1873.

Radwan, J., Chadzińska, M., Cichoń,M., Mills, S.C., Matuła, B., Sadowska, E.T., Baliga, K., Stanisz, A., Łopuch, S., Koteja, P. 2006. Metabolic costs of sexual advertisement in the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus). Evol. Ecol. Res. 8: 859-869.

Lessells, C.M., Bennett, A.T.D., Birkhead, T.R., Colegrave, N., Dall, S.R.X., Harvey, P.H., Hatchwell, B., Hosken, D.J., Hunt, J., Moore, A.J., Parker, G.A., Pitnick, S., Pizzari, T., Radwan, J., Ritchie, M., Sheldon, B.C., Shuker, D.M., Simmons, L.W., Stockley, P., Tregenza, T., Zuk, M. Debating sexual selection and mating strategies (1). Science 312: 689-690.

Pizzari T, Birkhead TR, Blows MW, Brooks R, Buchanan KL, Clutton-Brock TH, Harvey PH, Hosken DJ, Jennions MD, Kokko H, Kotiaho JS, Lessells CM, Macias-Garcia C, Moore AJ, Parker GA, Partridge L, Pitnick S, Radwan J, Ritchie M, Sheldon BC, Simmons LW, Snook RR, Stockley P, Zuk M 2006. Debating sexual selection and mating strategies (2). Science 312: 690.

Konior , M., Radwan, J., Kołodziejczyk, M., Keller, L. 2006. Strong association between a single gene and fertilisation efficiency of males and fecundity of their mates in the bulb mite. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 273: 309-315.

Łukasik, P.. Radwan, J, Tomkins, J. 2006. Structural complexity of the environment affects the survival of alternative male reproductive tactics. Evolution 60: 399-403

Radwan, J., Michalczyk, Ł. and Prokop, Z. 2005. Age-dependence of male mating ability and sperm competition success in the bulb mite. Anim. Behav. 69: 1101-1105.

Babik, W., Durka, W., Radwan, J. 2005. Sequence diversity of the MHC DRB gene in the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber). Mol. Ecol. 14: 4249-4257.

Konior, M., Keller, L. and Radwan, J. 2005. Effect of inbreeding and heritability of sperm competition success in the bulb mite Rhizoglyphus robini. Heredity 94: 577-581.

Radwan, J. 2004. Effectiveness of sexual selection in removing mutations induced with ionizing radiation. Ecol. Lett. 7: 1149-1154.

Tomkins, J.L., Radwan, J., Kotiaho, J.S. and Tregenza, T. 2004. Genic capture and resolving the lek paradox. Trends Ecol. Evol. 19: 323-328.

Tomkins, J., LeBas, N., Unrug, J. and Radwan, J. 2004. Testing the status-dependent ESS model: population variation in fighter expression in the mite Sancassania berlesei. J. Evol. Biol. 17: 1377-1388.

Unrug, J., Tomkins, J., Radwan, J. 2004. Alternative phenotypes and sexual selection: can dichotomous handicaps honestly signal quality? Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 271: 1401-1406.

Radwan, J., Kruczek, M., Labocha, M., Grabiec K. and Koteja, P. 2004. Contest winning and metabolic competence in male bank voles Clethrionomys glareolus. Behaviour 141: 343-354

Kozielska, M., Krzemińska, A. and Radwan J. 2004. Good genes and maternal effects of polyandry on offspring fitness in the bulb mite. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 271: 165-170.

Radwan, J. Unrug, J., Śnigórska, K. and Gawrońska, K. 2004. Effectiveness of sexual selection in preventing fitness deterioration in bulb mite populations under relaxed natural selection. J. Evol. Biol. 17: 94-99.

Radwan, J., Watson P., Farslow, J. and Thornhill, R. 2003. Procrustean analysis of fluctuating asymmetry in the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini Claparede (Astigmata: Acaridae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 80: 409-505.

Radwan, J. 2003. Inbreeding depression in fecundity and inbred line extinction in the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini. Heredity 90: 371-376.

Radwan. J. 2003. Male age, germline mutations and the benefits of polyandry. Ecol. Lett. 6: 581-586.

Radwan, J. 2003. Inbreeding not stress increases fluctuating asymmetry in the bulb mite. Evol. Ecol. Res. 5: 287-295.

Kołodziejczyk, M., Radwan, J. 2003. The effect of mating frequency on female lifetime fecundity in the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini (Acari: Acaridae). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 53: 110-115.

Radwan, J. 2003. Heritability of male morph in the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini (Astigmata, Acaridae). Exp. Appl. Acarol. 29:109-114.

Radwan J., Unrug J. & Tomkins J.L. 2002. Status-dependence and morphological trade-offs in the expression of a sexually selected character in the mite, Sancassania berlesei. J. Evol. Biol. 15: 744-752.

Radwan, J. 2002. Good genes go fisherian. Trends Ecol. Evol. 17: 539.

Kołodziejczyk, M., Radwan, J., Heinze, J. 2002. Enzyme polymorphisms in of Rhizoglyphus robini and R. echinopus and their application in paternity analysis. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 26: 161-168.

Konior M., Radwan J. & Kolodziejczyk M. 2001. Polyandry increases offspring fecundity in the bulb mite. Evolution 55: 1893-1896.

Radwan, J. 2001. Male morph determination in Rhizoglyphus echinopus (Acaridae). Exp. App. Acarol., 25, 143-149.

Radwan J. & Drewniak M. 2001. Inbreeding depression for size but not for symmetry in Drosophila melanogaster. Hereditas 134: 85-89.

Radwan J. & Klimas M. 2001. Male dimorphism in the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini: fighters survive better. Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 12: 69-79.

Radwan J. & Bogacz I. 2000. Comparison of life-history traits of the two male morphs of the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 24: 115-121.

Radwan J., Czyż M., Konior M. & Kołodziejczyk M. 2000. Aggressiveness in the two male morphs of the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini. Ethology 106: 53-62.

20th century

Radwan J. & Rysińska M. 1999. Effect of mating frequency on female fitness in Caloglyphus berlesei (Astigmata : Acaridae). Experimental & Applied Acarology 23: 399-409.

Radwan J. 1998. Heritability of sperm competition success in the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini. J. Evol. Biol. 11, 321-327.

Radwan, J. 1997. Sperm precedence in the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini: context-dependent variation. Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 9, 373-383

Radwan, J. 1996. Intraspecific variation in sperm competition success in the bulb mite: a role for sperm size. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 263, 855-859.

Radwan, J., Siva-Jothy M.T. 1996. The function of post-insemination mate association in the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini. Anim. Behav. 52, 651-657.

Radwan, J. 1995. Male morph determination in two species of acarid mites. Heredity 74, 669-673.

Radwan, J. 1995. On oestrous advertisement, spite and sexual harassment. Anim. Behav. 49, 1399-1400.

Radwan, J. 1993. The adaptive significance of male polymorphism in the acarid mite Caloglyphus berlesei. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 33, 201-208.

Radwan, J. 1993. Kin recognition in the acarid mite Caloglyphus berlesei: negative evidence. Anim. Behav. 45, 200-202

Radwan, J. 1993. Are dull birds still dull in UV? Acta Ornithol. 27, 125-130

Radwan, J. 1992. The influence of a crowded environment on the size of males of Caloglyphus berlesei. Internat. J. Acarol. 18, 67-68

Radwan, J., W. Witaliński 1991. Sperm competition, Nature 352, 671-672

Radwan, J. 1991. Sperm competition in the mite Caloglyphus berlesei. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 29, 291-296