Main research interests
- population genetics
- evolutionary biology
- conservation genetics
Ongoing research project
- Population genetics of European wolves
- Social structure, gene flow and genetic differentiation between sympatric ecotypes of the killer whale from North Pacific
- Influence of genetic and environmental factors on life history traits and relatedness of individuals from a local population of the root vole Microtus oeconomus
Selected publications:
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.
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.
