Zásady pro vypracování: Little is known about population genetic structure of the chimpanzees and it has resulted in frequent hybridizations between individuals of unknown origin living in captivity. The current captive breeding programmes are trying to reproduce only genetically "clear" individuals, i.e. individuals belonging to the genetically defined subspecies. However, there is a problem that most of individuals in captivity are of unknown origin and there are no genetic data about them, which prevents to use them in reproductive management. Recently, the genetic structure of wild living chimpanzees has been described by using several types of markers, including mtDNA (Gonder et al. 2006), Y-chromosome (Stone et al. 2002) and large set of microsatellites (Becquet et al. 2007). The aims of the proposed diploma thesis are following: 1) To genotype available material of chimpanzees (collected from animals in captivity) on selected microsatellites and mtDNA marker(s) 2) By using individual assignment methods and by comparison with available data, to assess the subspecific status of analysed individuals. 3) To identify the potential hybrid individuals by using Bayesian analysis of data (NewHybrid, STRUCTURE etc.) Rozsah grafických prací: Práce bude zpracována na PC, včetně grafického vyhodnocení. Rozsah průvodní zprávy: 50-80 stran včetně tabulek, obrázků a grafů, 12ti bodové písmo, pevná vazba Seznam odborné literatury: Vedoucí práce doporučí základní studijní literaturu (podle citačních zvyklostí): 1)Becquet et al., 2007: Genetic structure of chimpanzee populations. PLoS Genetics, 3(4): e66. 2)Gonder et al. 2006: New genetic evidence on the evolution of chimpanzee populations and implications for taxonomy. Int. J. Primatol., 27: 1103-1127. 3)recentní publikace v časopisech Molecular Ecology, International Journal of Primatology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, PNAS, etc.