Publications

Pilot M., Malewski T., Moura A.E., Grzybowski T., Olenski K., Kaminski S., Fadel F.R., Alagaili A., Mohammed O., Bogdanowicz, W. (2016) Diversifying selection between pure-breed and free-breeding dogs inferred from genome-wide SNP analysis. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 6: 2285-2298. http://www.g3journal.org/content/6/8/2285.full.pdf+html

Fadel F.R., Driscoll P., Pilot, M., Wright H., Zulch H., Mills DM. (2016) Differences in Trait Impulsivity Indicate Diversification of Dog Breeds into Working and Show Lines. Sci. Rep. 6, 22162.

Pilot M., Malewski T., Moura A.E., Grzybowski T., Olenski K., Rusc A., Kaminski S., Fadel F.R., Mills D.M., Alagaili A., Mohammed O., Klys G., Okhlopkov, I., Suchecka, E., Bogdanowicz, W. (2015) On the origin of mongrels: evolutionary history of free-breeding dogs in Eurasia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282: 20152189.

de Groot, G. A., Nowak, C., Skrbinšek, T., Andersen, L.W., Aspi, J., Fumagalli, L., Godinho, R, Harms, V. and Jansman, H.A.H., Liberg, O., Marucco, F., Mysłajek, R.W. Nowak, S., Pilot M., Randi, E. Reinhardt, I. Śmietana, W. Szewczyk, M., Taberlet, P., Vilà, C., Muñoz-Fuentes, V. (2015) Decades of population genetic research reveal the need for harmonization of molecular markers: the grey wolf Canis lupus as a case study. Mammal Review, 46: 44-59.

Moura A.E, Janse van Rensburg C., Pilot M.,  Tehrani A., Best P.B., et al. 2014. Killer whale nuclear genome and mtDNA reveal widespread population bottleneck during the last glacial maximum. Molecular Biology & Evolution 31: 1121-1131.

Pilot M., Dąbrowski M.J., Hayrapetyan V., Yavruyan E.G., Kopaliani N., Tsingarska E., Bujalska B., Kamiński S., Bogdanowicz W. 2014 Genetic variability of the grey wolf Canis lupus in the Caucasus in comparison with Europe and the Middle East: Distinct or intermediary population? PLoS ONE 9(4): e93828.

Pilot M., Greco C., vonHoldt B.M., Jędrzejewska B., Randi E., Jędrzejewski W., Sidorovich V. E., Ostrander E.A., Wayne R.K. 2014. Genome-wide signatures of population bottlenecks and diversifying selection in European wolves. Heredity 112,  428–442.

Ukkonen, P., Aaris-Sorensen, K., Arppe, L., Daugnora, L., Halkka, A., Lougas, L., Oinonen, M. J., Pilot M., Stora, J. (2014) An Arctic seal in temperate waters: history of the ringed seal (Pusa hispida) in the Baltic Sea and its adaptation to the changing environment. Holocene 24: 1694-1706.

Dąbrowski M.J., Pilot M., Kruczyk M., Żmihorski M., Umer H.M., Gliwicz J. 2014. Reliability assessment of null allele detection: inconsistencies between and within different methods. Molecular Ecology Resources (doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12177).

Moura A.E,. Tsingarska E., Dabrowski M.J., Czarnomska S.D., Jędrzejewska B., Pilot M. 2014. Unregulated hunting and genetic recovery from a severe population decline: the cautionary case of Bulgarian wolves. Conservation Genetics 15: 407-415.

Bogdanowicz W.*, Pilot M.*, Gajewska M., Suchecka E., Golachowski M. 2013. Genetic diversity in a moulting colony of southern elephant seals in comparison with breeding colonies. Marine Ecology Progress Series 478: 287–300. *joint first authorship

Czarnomska S.D., Jędrzejewska B., Borowik T., Niedzialkowska M., Stronen A.V., Nowak S., Myslajek R.W., Okarma H., Konopinski M., Pilot M., et al. 2013. Concordant mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA structuring between Polish lowland and Carpathian Mountain wolves. Conservation Genetics 14: 573-588.

Pilot M., Jędrzejewski W., Sidorovich V. E., Meier-Augenstein W., Hoelzel A.R. 2012. Dietary differentiation and the evolution of population genetic structure in a highly mobile carnivore. PLoS ONE 7: e39341.

vonHoldt B.M., Pollinger J.P., Earl D.A., Knowles J.C., Boyko A.R., Parker H.G., Geffen E., Pilot M., et al. 2011. A genome-wide perspective on the evolutionary history of enigmatic wolf-like canids. Genome Research 21: 1213-1222.

Pilot M., Branicki W., Jędrzejewski W., Goszczynski J., Jędrzejewska B., Dykyy I., Shkvyrya M., Tsingarska E. 2010. Phylogeographic history of grey wolves in Europe. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 104.

Pilot M., Dąbrowski M.J., Jancewicz E., Schtickzelle N., Gliwicz J. 2010. Temporally stable genetic variability and dynamic kinship structure in a fluctuating population of the root vole Microtus oeconomus. Molecular Ecology 19: 2800-2812.

Pilot M., Dahlheim M.E., Hoelzel A.R. 2010. Social cohesion among kin, gene flow without dispersal and the evolution of population genetic structure in the killer whale (Orcinus orca). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 20-31.

vonHoldt B.M., Pollinger J.P., Lohmueller K.E., Han EJ, Parker HG, Quignon P, Degenhardt JD, Boyko AR, Earl DA, Auton A, Reynolds A, Bryc K, Brisbin A, Knowles JC, Mosher DS, Spady TC, Elkahloun A, Geffen E, Pilot M., et al. 2010. Genome-wide SNP and haplotype analyses reveal a rich history underlying dog domestication. Nature 464: 898-894.

Korczynska J., Gajewska M., Pilot M., Czechowski W., Radchenko A. 2010. Genetic polymorphism in “mixed” colonies of wood ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern Finland and its possible origin. European Journal of Entomology 107: 157-167.

Korsten M., Ho S., Davison J., Pahn B., Vulla E., Roht M., Tumanov I., Kojola I., Andersone-Lilley Z., Ozolins J., Pilot M., et al. 2009. Sudden expansion of a single brown bear maternal lineage over northern continental Eurasia: a general demographic model for mammals after the last ice age? Molecular Ecology 18: 1963–1979.

Posłuszny M., Pilot M., Goszczyński J., Gralak B. 2007. Diet of sympatric pine marten (Martes martes) and stone marten (Martes foina) identified by genotyping of DNA from faeces. Annales Zoologici Fennici 44: 269-284.

Goszczyński J., Posłuszny M., Pilot M., Gralak B. 2007. Patterns of winter locomotion and foraging in two sympatric marten species: Martes martes and Martes foina. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 239-249.

Pilot M., Gralak B., Goszczyński J., Posłuszny M. 2007. A method of genetic identification of pine marten (Martes martes) and stone marten (Martes foina) and its application to faecal samples. Journal of Zoology, London 271: 140-147.

Pilot M., Jędrzejewski W., Branicki W., Sidorovich V. E., Jędrzejewska B., Stachura K., Funk S. M. 2006. Ecological factors influence population genetic structure of European grey wolves. Molecular Ecology 15: 4533-4553.

Jędrzejewski W., Branicki W., Veit C., Medugorac I., Pilot M., Bunevich A. N., Jędrzejewska B., Schmidt K., Theuerkauf J., Okarma H., Gula R., Szymura L., Foerster M. 2005. Genetic diversity and relatedness within packs in intensely hunted population of wolves Canis lupus. Acta Theriologica 50: 3-22.

Pilot M. 2005. Altruism as an advertisement – a model of the evolution of cooperation based on Zahavi’s handicap principle. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 17: 217-231.

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