Direction:Conservation Genetics
Position:Associate Professor
Graduated from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Faculty of Medicine in 2002, Master’s degree in biology and zoology. Graduated from Ilia State University in 2012 and defended his doctoral thesis on “Animal species and population structure research in the Caucasus”. Has worked at Ilia State University since 2007.
Scientific interests / research interests
- Conservation genetics
- Evolutionary biology and phylogenetics
- Genetic research of Caucasian endemic species
- Population genetics of animal species
Featured publications
- Gabelaia, M., Tarkhnishvili, D., Murtskhvaladze, M. 2015.Phylogeography and morphological variation in a narrowly distributed Caucasian rock lizard, Darevskia mixta.Amphibia-Reptilia 36: 45-54
- Tarkhnishvili, D., Gavashelishvili, A., Murtskhvaladze, M., Gabelaia, M., Tevzadze, G. 2014.Human Paternal Lineages, Languages and Environment in the Caucasus.Human Biology 86: 113-130
- Tarkhnishvili D., Murtskhvaladze M., Gavashelishvili A. 2013. Speciation in Caucasian lizards: climatic dissimilarity of the habitats is more important than isolation time. Biological Journal of the LinneanSociety 109 (4): 876-892.
- Mumladze L., Tarkhnishvili D., Murtskhvaladze M. 2013.Systematics and evolutionary history of large endemic snails from the Caucasus (Helix buchii, H. goderdziana).American Malacological Bulletin 31 (2): 225-234.
- Murtskhvaladze M, Gurielidze Z, Kopaliani N, Tarkhnishvili D. 2012. Gene introgression between Gazella subguturrosa and G. marica: limitations of maternal inheritance analysis for species identification with conservation purposes. ActaTheriologica 57 (4): 383-386.
- Khorozyan I, MaLKhaSyan A, Murtskhvaladze M. 2011. The striped hyaena Hyaena hyaena (Hyaenidae, Carnivora) rediscovered in Armenia, Folia Zool., 60 (3): 253–261.
- Tarkhnishvili D, Gavashelishvili A, Avaliani A, Murtskhvaladze M, Mumladze L. 2010.Unisexual rock lizard might be outcompeting its bisexual progenitors in the Caucasus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 101, 447-460
- Murtskhvaladze M, Gavashelishvili A, Tarkhnishvili D. 2010.Geographic and genetic boundaries of brown bear (Ursus arctos) population in the Caucasus. Molecular Ecology, 19, 1829-1841
- Murtskhvaladze M, Tarkhnishvili D., 2006. Estimation of Brown Bear Abundance and Population Structure in Borjom_Kharagauli national Park with Molecular-Genetic Methods. Proc. Georgian Acad. Sci., Biol. Ser B. Vol 4, No 4.
- Tarkhnishvili, David; Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Gavashelishvili, Alexander; Speciation in Caucasian lizards: climatic dissimilarity of the habitats is more important than isolation time Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 109 4 876-892 2013
- Mumladze, Levan; Tarkhnishvili, David; Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Systematics and evolutionary history of large endemic snails from the Caucasus (Helix buchii and H. goderdziana)(Helicidae) American Malacological Bulletin 31 2 225-234 2013 American Malacological Society
- Tarkhnishvili, David; Gavashelishvili, Alexander; Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Gabelaia, Mariam; Tevzadze, Gigi; Human paternal lineages, languages, and environment in the Caucasus Human Biology 86 2 113-130 2014 Wayne State University Press
- Gabelaia, Mariam; Tarkhnishvili, David; Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Phylogeography and morphological variation in a narrowly distributed Caucasian rock lizard, Darevskia mixta Amphibia-reptilia 36 1 45-54 2015 Brill
- Tevzadze, Gigi; Tarkhnishvili, David; Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Gavashelishvili, Alexander; Human Paternal Lineages, Languages, and Environment in the Caucasus Human Biology 2015
- Tarkhnishvili, David; Gabelaia, Mariam; Mumladze, Levan; Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Mitochondrial phylogeny of the Darevskia saxicola complex: two highly deviant evolutionary lineages from the easternmost part of the range The Herpetological Journal 26 2 175-182 2016 British Herpetological Society
- Tarkhnishvili, David; Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Anderson, Cort L; Coincidence of genotypes at two loci in two parthenogenetic rock lizards: how backcrosses might trigger adaptive speciation Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 121 2 365-378 2017 Oxford University Press
- Tarkhnishvili, David; Gavashelishvili, Alexander; Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Latsuzbaia, Ardashel; Landscape complexity in the Caucasus impedes genetic assimilation of human populations more effectively than language or ethnicity Human Biology 88 4 287-300 2016 Wayne State University Press
- Seroepidemiology and molecular diversity of Leishmania donovani complex in Georgia Parasites & Vectors 9 279 2016 https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-016-1558-6
- Barlow, Axel; Cahill, James A; Hartmann, Stefanie; Theunert, Christoph; Xenikoudakis, Georgios; Fortes, Gloria G; Paijmans, Johanna LA; Rabeder, Gernot; Frischauf, Christine; Grandal-d’Anglade, Aurora; Partial genomic survival of cave bears in living brown bears Nature ecology & evolution 2 10 1563-1570 2018 Nature Publishing Group UK London
- Mostajeran, Maryam; Malekian, Mansoureh; Fakheran, Sima; Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Fadakar, Davoud; Habibzadeh, Nader; Assessment of genetic variation and evolutionary history of Caucasian Grouse (Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi). Ornis Fennica 96 2 2019
- Tarkhnishvili, D; Barateli, N; Murtskhvaladze, M; Iankoshvili, G; Estimating phenotypic heritability of sexual and unisexually reproducing rock lizards (genus Darevskia) Zoologischer Anzeiger 285 105-113 2020 Urban & Fischer
- Candan, Kalmil; Kornilios, Panagiotis; Yanchukov, Alexey; Kumlutas, Yusuf; Ayaz, Dinçer; Tarkhnishvili, David; Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Kurdadze, Sofiko; Barateli, Natia; Gabelaia, Mariam; Molecular Phylogeny of Valentin’s Lizard, Darevskia valentini,(Boettger, 1892) Reveals New Genetic Lineages and may suggest Taxonomic Reconstruction 2019
- Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Kotorashvili, Adam; Next Generation Sequencing Method of Avian Influenza Virus, Optimised Research Protocol Bull. Georg. Natl. Acad. Sci 10 4 2016
- Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Tarkhnishvili, David; Anderson, Cort L; Kotorashvili, Adam; Phylogeny of caucasian rock lizards (Darevskia) and other true lizards based on mitogenome analysis: Optimisation of the algorithms and gene selection PLoS One 15 6 e0233680 2020 Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA
- Tarkhnishvili, David; Yanchukov, Alexey; Şahin, Mehmet Kürşat; Gabelaia, Mariam; Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Candan, Kamil; Galoyan, Eduard; Arakelyan, Marine; Iankoshvili, Giorgi; Kumlutaş, Yusuf; Genotypic similarities among the parthenogenetic Darevskia rock lizards with different hybrid origins BMC Evolutionary Biology 20 1 25-Jan 2020 BioMed Central
- Gavashelishvili, Alexander; Yanchukov, Alexey; Tarkhnishvili, David; Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Akhvlediani, Irakli; Kazancı, Ceren; Landscape genetics and the genetic legacy of Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in the modern Caucasus Scientific Reports 11 1 17985 2021 Nature Publishing Group UK London
- Yanchukov, Alexey; Tarkhnishvili, David; Erdolu, Meriç; Şahin, Mehmet Kürşat; Candan, Kamil; Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Gabelaia, Mariam; Iankoshvili, Giorgi; Barateli, Natia; Ilgaz, Çetin; Precise paternal ancestry of hybrid unisexual ZW lizards (genus Darevskia: Lacertidae: Squamata) revealed by Z-linked genomic markers Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 136 2 293-305 2022 Oxford University Press UK
- Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020 Eurosurveillance 25 32 2020 https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.32.2001410
- Tarkhnishvili, David; Hille, Axel; Waller, Thomas; Todua, Mariam; Murtskhvaladze, Marine; Böhme, Wolfgang; Morphological trends and genetic divergence in anacondas, genus Eunectes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes: Boidae) Amphibia-Reptilia 1 aop 15-Jan 2022 Brill
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