Students and Fellows
Dr.
Sébastien Steyer (Marie Curie Fellow)
Institutional Affiliation: Laboratoire de
Paléontologie, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, France
(2002 - December 2003):
Laboratory of Paleobiology and Paleoecology, Institute of Geology, Academy of
Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rozvojova 135, CZ-165 00 Prague 6 - Suchdol,
Czech Republic
Specialization: Developmental morphology of the Amphibia, temnospondyl amphibians.
Papers available in PDF format
Project:
Development of amphibians as a source of
information on their origin and evolution.
Scientist in Charge: Dr. Zbynek ROCEK, Academy of Sciences & Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Project unfinished.
Mgr.
Karel Královec
Institutional Affiliation: Assistent
Professor at East Bohemian University, Pardubice
Contact Address:
E-mail:
Specialization:
Developmental morphology of the Amphibia
Ph.D. Project: Embryonic origin and larval
development of principal structures of the ethmoidal region of the skull in
discoglossid and pipid anurans.
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Zbyněk ROČEK, DrSc. – Charles University, Czech Republic
Since October 2003
Mgr.
Pavla Havelková
Institutional Affiliation: Graduate student
at the Department of Zoology, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
(since February 2002)
Contact Address: Department of Zoology,
University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 31, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech
Republic
Phone: (++420) 38 7772238
Fax: (++420) 38 5300366
E-mail: Pavla.Havelkova@tix.bf.jcu.cz
pavlusa@rum.bf.jcu.cz
Specialization:
Developmental morphology of the Amphibia
PhD Project: Development of the pectoral
girdle in the Anura and Caudata
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Zbyněk ROČEK, DrSc. – Charles University, Czech Republic
Mgr. Jan
Trbušek
Institutional Affiliation: Vlastivědné
Muzeum Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Contact Address: VMO Olomouc, nám. Republiky
5, CZ 771 73 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Trbusek@vmo.cz
Specialization:
Evolutionary morphology of lower vertebrates, fossil
sharks.
PhD Thesis: Development of the otic region of the anuran skull with special reference to the sound-conducting apparatus
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Zbyněk ROČEK, DrSc. –
Charles University, Czech Republic
Defended March 2003
Mgr.
Robert Černý
Institutional Affiliation: Graduate student
at the Department of Zoology, Charles University, Prague (since October 1999)
Contact Address: Department of Zoology,
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University
Viničná 7, CZ-128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic
Phone: 420-2-2195 3261
Fax: 420-2-2195 3267
E-mail:
cerny8@natur.cuni.cz
Specialization: Embryonic development of the Amphibia
Ph.D. Thesis: Embryonic origin and development of some anterior viscerocranial structures in the Anura
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Zbyněk ROČEK, DrSc. – Charles University, Czech Republic
Defended June 2005.
RNDr.
Miloš Vater
Institutional Affiliation: Zoological
Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Contact Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
uzaevatr@savba.savba.sk
Specialization: Developmental morphology of Amphibia
Ph.D. Thesis: Development of the skeleton in Triturus
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Zbyněk ROČEK, DrSc. – Charles University, Czech Republic
Since October 1995
Lenka
Sedláčková
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences,
Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Comparison of skeletal development in two closely related species,
Bombina bombina and
B. variegata.
Master thesis (1996-1999, supervised by Z. Roček), defended 3 February 2000.
Martin Šandera
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural
Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Rana arvalis wolterstorffi in
context of variation of the species (download in DOC format)
Download in PDF format:
Master thesis Part 1
Master thesis Part 2
Master
thesis Part 3
Plates
Master thesis (1997-2000, supervised by Zbyněk Roček), defended 22 May 2001.
Karel
Královec
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural
Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Development of the frontoparietal complex in the Discoglossidae and Pipidae
(Amphibia: Anura)
Master thesis (1998-2000, supervised by Z.
Roček), defended 11 September 2000.
Accepted for publication in Journal of
Morphology (March 2002). Published December 2002 as: Cihak, R., Kralovec, K. and
Rocek, Z. (2002) Developmental origin of the frontoparietal bone in Bombina
variegata (Anura: Discoglossidae). - Journal of Morphology 255.
Oldřich
Zahradníček
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University, Prague,
Czech Republic
E-mail:
o.zahradnicek@email.cz
Comparative morphogenesis of the
otico-occipital region of the skull and anjacent structures in
Pelobates and
Scaphiopus (Anura:
Pelobatidae)
(PDF format, 3795 kB)
Master thesis (1999-2003, supervised by Z. Roček).
Jiří
Brůna 
Department of Zoology and Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Masaryk
University, Kotlářská 2, Brno, Czech Republic
E-mail:
jirka.bruna@email.cz
Some aspects of the
skeletal development in
Discoglossus
Master thesis (2000-2002, supervised by Z. Roček), defended May 2002.
Hana
Majorová
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural
Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
E-mail:
Hana.Majorova@lf1.cuni.cz
Transformation of the arterial arches in the
course of amphibian metamorphosis
(PDF format, 22 740 kB)
Master thesis (2000-2003, supervised by Z. Roček), defended September 2003.
Hana
Ročková
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural
Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
E-mail:
Rockova@natur.cuni.cz
Morphogenesis of the sacrum and pectoral girdle
in the Anura
(PDF format, 2792 kB)
Master thesis (2000-2003, supervised by Z.
Roček), defended May 2003.
Jorga
Rudolfová
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural
Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Ribs and their significance in the phylogeny
of the Anura
(PDF format; 1783 KB)
Master thesis (2000-2002, supervised by Z. Roček), defended September 2002.
Pavel
Danko
Department of Palaeontology, Faculty of
Natural Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Variation of the vertebrae in the
Permo-carboniferous lepospondyl amphibians (PDF format; 4204 kB)
Master thesis (2001-2004, supervised by Z.
Roček), defended September 2004.
Petr
Jambor
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural
Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Modifikace autopodia přední
a zadní končetiny ve fylogenezi žab; dedukce z vývojové morfologie
Evolutionary changes in the
autopodium of fore and hind extremities in anurans, inferred from developmental
morphology data.
Master thesis (2002-2005, supervised by Z. Roček). Interrupted
Martina
Kocábková
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural
Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Ontogenetický vývoj muskuloskeletálního systému zadní končetiny žab
Development of the musculoskeletal system of the posterior limb in the Anura
Master thesis (2006, supervised by Z.
Roček)