Recombination and doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) of mitochondrial DNA in marine mussels Mytilus (bivalves)

Identification of taxa, geographic differentiation and introgression in populations of mussels Mytilus with the application of molecular DNA-based techniques

Genetic diversity in populations and phylogenetic relationships of some fish species in the Baltic

Genetic background of some ecological interactions in wild and cultured fishes

Service provided: molecular analysis of mussels Mytilus samples in relation to mariculture

Participation in international networks and projects:

MGE Network of Excellence: Implementation of high-throughput genomic approaches to investigate the functionning of marine ecosystems and the biology of marine organisms,

cGRASP – Consortium for Genomic Research on All Salmonids Project

FISH - BOL – Fish Barcode of Life

BIOCOMBE (The impact of biodiversity changes in coastal marine benthic ecosystems) - contractor IO PAS

National projects:

Mitogenomics of mussels from the Mytilus edulis species complex (N N303 418336).

Mechanism of sex lineage specificity determination in Mytilus mitochondria (P04C 026 29)

Rearanżacje w głównym rejonie niekodującym mitochondrialnego DNA w europejskich populacjach małży Mytilus, N303 005 31/0226

Polymorphism of transposons Tc-1 like in fish genomes, N303 387033

Recent publications:

Wenne R, Handschuh L, Poćwierz-Kotus A, Urbaniak R, Formanowicz P, Calkiewicz J, Brzozowska K, Wróbel B, Figlerowicz M, Węgrzyn G. Application of microarray technology to identification of Tc1-like elements sequences in fish genomes. In peer review

Poćwierz-Kotus A, Burzyński A, Wenne R. 2010 Identification of a Tc1-like transposon integration site in the genome of the flounder (Platichthys flesus): a novel use of an inverse PCR method. Marine Genomics in press

Zbawicka M, Burzyński A, Skibinski D, Wenne R. 2010 Scottish Mytilus trossulus mussels retain ancestral mitochondrial DNA: Complete sequences of male and female mtDNA genomes. Gene in press

Filipowicz M, Burzyński A, Wenne R. 2008 Detection of recombinant mitochondrial genomes: Implications for the mechanism of mtDNA inheritance in mussel Mytilus. Environmental Biotechnoloogy, 4(2): 54-59

Kijewska A, Burzyński A, Wenne R. 2009 Molecular Identification of European Flounder (Platichthys flesus), European Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) and their Hybrids. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66

Burzyński A, Śmietanka B. 2009 Is Interlineage Recombination Responsible for Low Divergence of Mitochondrial nad3 Genes in Mytilus galloprovincialis? Molecular Biology and Evolution, doi:10.1093/molbev/msp085

Śmietanka B, Burzyński A, Wenne R. 2009 Molecular population genetics of male and female mitochondrial genomes in European mussels Mytilus. Marine Biology, 156(5): 913-925

Kijewska A, Burzyński A, Wenne R. 2009 Variation in the copy number of tandem repeats of mitochondrial DNA in the North-East Atlantic cod populations. Marine Biology Research, 5(2): 186-192

Kijewski T, Wijsman JWM, Hummel H, Wenne R. 2009 Genetic composition of cultured and wild mussels Mytilus from Netherlands and transfers from Ireland and Great Britain. Aquaculture, 287(3-4): 292-296

Filipowicz M, Burzyński A, Śmietanka B, Wenne R. 2008 Recombination in mitochondrial DNA of European mussels Mytilus. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 67(4):377-388

Wenne R, Boudry P, Hemmer-Hansen J, Lubieniecki KP, Was A, Kause A. 2007. What role for genomics in fisheries management and aquaculture? Aquat. Living Resour., 20:241–255

Zbawicka M, Burzyński A, Wenne R. 2007 Complete sequences of mitochondrial genomes from the Baltic mussel Mytilus trossulus. Gene, 406: 191-198

Poćwierz-Kotus A, Burzyński A, Wenne R. 2007. Family of Tc1-like elements from fish genomes and horizontal transfer. Gene, 390: 243-251

Burzyński A. 2007. Two Events Are Responsible for an Insertion in a Paternally Inherited Mitochondrial Genome of the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. Genetics, 175: 959–962

Burzyński A, Zbawicka M, Skibinski DOF, Wenne R. 2006. Doubly Uniparental Inheritance is Associated with High Polymorphism for Rearranged and Recombinant Control Region Haplotypes in Baltic Mytilus trossulus. Genetics, 174: 1081–1094

Kijewski T, Zbawicka M, Väinölä R, Wenne R. 2006. Introgression and mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in the Baltic populations of mussels Mytilus trossulus and M. edulis. Marine Biology, 149 (6): 1371-1385

Śmietanka B, Zbawicka M, Kijewski T, Burzyński A, Wenne R. 2004. Genetic diversity in European populations of mussels Mytilus. In: Biotechnologies for Quality; Extended abstracts and short communications presented at the International Conference Aquaculture Europe 2004, Barcelona, Spain, October 20-23, 2004, 753-754

Wąs A, Bartel R, Wenne R. 2004. Molecular characteristics of the sea trout populations in Poland: Implications for stocking. Arch. Pol. Fish. Vol. 12, Suppl. 2: 253-266 (in Polish, Engl. summary)

Śmietanka B, Zbawicka M, Wołowicz M, Wenne R. 2004. Mitochondrial DNA lineages in the European populations of mussels Mytilus. Marine Biology, 146 (1): 79-92

Burzyński A, Zbawicka M, Skibinski D.O.F, Wenne R. 2003. Evidence for recombination of mtDNA in the marine mussel Mytilus trossulus from the Baltic. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 20(3): 388-392

Zbawicka M, Wenne R, Skibinski DOF. 2003. Mitochondrial DNA variation in populations of the mussel Mytilus trossulus from the Southern Baltic. Hydrobiologia, 499: 1-12

Zbawicka M, Skibinski DOF, Wenne R. 2003. Doubly uniparental transmission of mitochondrial DNA length variants in the mussel Mytilus trossulus. Marine Biology, 142: 455-460

Wąs A, Wenne R, 2003. Microsatellite DNA polymorphism in intensely enhanced populations of sea trout (Salmo trutta) in the Southern Baltic. Marine Biotechnology, 5: 234-243

Wenne R, Burzyński A, 2002 Recombination of animal mitochondrial DNA (Rekombinacja DNA mitochondrialnego zwierząt). W: Działalność Naukowa PAN, Nr 14 (in Polish)

Pempera M, Wenne R, Burzyński A. 2002. Variation and transmission of mitochondrial DNA in Polish populations of the mussel Mytilus trossulus. Aquaculture, 204:237 (Abstract)

Garcia-Machado E, Pempera M, Dennebouy N, Suarez MO, Mounolou JC, Monnerot M. 1999. Mitochondrial Genes Collectively Suggest the Paraphyly of Crustacea with Respect to Insecta. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 49: 142-149

Quesada H, Wenne R, Skibinski DOF. 1999. Interspecies transfer of female mitochondrial DNA is coupled with role – reversals and departure from neutrality in the mussel Mytilus trossulus. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 16 (5): 655-665