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Lepidoptera genetics, molecular cytogenetics, sex chromosomes, sex determination, telomeres

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Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences: České Budějovice, CZ

1981-08-17 to present | research scientist (Institute of Entomology)
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František Marec

Education and qualifications (2)

Instituge of Entomology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences: České Budějovice, CZ

1983 to 1987 | CSc. (Ph.D. equivalent)
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Masaryk University, Faculty of Science: Brno, CZ

1976-09-01 to 1981-06-30 | Master of Science/RNDr. (Department of Genetics)
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The burst of satellite DNA in Leptidea wood white butterflies and their putative role in karyotype evolution

DNA Research
2024-12-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsae030
Contributors: Diogo Cavalcanti Cabral-de-Mello; Atsuo Yoshido; Diogo Milani; Jindra Šíchová; Ken Sahara; František Marec
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Divergent evolution of male-determining loci on proto-Y chromosomes of the housefly

Nature Communications
2024-07-16 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50390-1
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
Contributors: Xuan Li; Sander Visser; Jae Hak Son; Elzemiek Geuverink; Ece Naz Kıvanç; Yanli Wu; Stephan Schmeing; Martin Pippel; Seyed Yahya Anvar; Martijn A. Schenkel et al.
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Zygosity-based sex determination in a butterfly drives hypervariability of <i>Masculinizer</i>

Science Advances
2024-05-03 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj6979
Part of ISSN: 2375-2548
Contributors: Arjen Van 't Hof; Samuel Whiteford; Carl J. Yung; Atsuo Yoshido; Magda Zrzavá; Maaike de Jong; Kian Long Tan; Dantong Zhu; Antonia Monteiro; Paul Brakefield et al.
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Karyological Study of Acanthocephalus lucii (Echinorhynchida): The Occurrence of B Chromosomes in Populations from PCB-Polluted Waters

Diversity
2024-02-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/d16030140
Contributors: Anna Marková; Martina Orosová; František Marec; Daniel Barčák; Mikuláš Oros
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Chromosome analysis and the occurrence of B chromosomes in fish parasite Acanthocephalus anguillae (Palaeacanthocephala: Echinorhynchida)

Parasite
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2023045
Contributors: Martina Orosová; Anna Marková; Magda Zrzavá; František Marec; Mikuláš Oros
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Masculinizer gene controls male sex determination in the codling moth, Cydia pomonella

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2023.103991
Contributors: Kristýna Pospíšilová; Arjen E. Van't Hof; Atsuo Yoshido; Renata Kružíková; Sander Visser; Magda Zrzavá; Kseniya Bobryshava; Martina Dalíková; František Marec
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Development of a novel genetic sexing strain of Ceratitis capitata based on an X-autosome translocation

Scientific Reports
2023-09-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43164-0
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: Carlos Cáceres; Kostas Bourtzis; Georgia Gouvi; Marc J. B. Vreysen; Nanwintoum Séverin Bimbilé Somda; Martina Hejníčková; František Marec; José S. Meza
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High-quality haploid genomes corroborate 29 chromosomes and highly conserved synteny of genes in Hyles hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

BMC Genomics
2023-08-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09506-y
Part of ISSN: 1471-2164
Contributors: Anna K. Hundsdoerfer; Tilman Schell; Franziska Patzold; Charlotte J. Wright; Atsuo Yoshido; František Marec; Hana Daneck; Sylke Winkler; Carola Greve; Lars Podsiadlowski et al.
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Editorial: Genetic control of insect pest species—achievements, challenges, and perspectives

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
2023-05-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1208677
Part of ISSN: 2296-4185
Contributors: Irina Häcker; Detlef Bartsch; Amanda Choo; František Marec
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Deviations in the Z:A ratio disrupt sexual development in the eri silkmoth, Samia cynthia ricini

GENETICS
2023-05-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyad023
Contributors: Atsuo Yoshido; František Marec; C Peichel
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Accumulation of retrotransposons contributes to W chromosome differentiation in the willow beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

Scientific Reports
2023-01-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-27757-3
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: Martina Hejníčková; Martina Dalíková; Magda Zrzavá; František Marec; Pedro Lorite; Eugenia E. Montiel
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A step forward in the genome characterization of the sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis: karyotype analysis, sex chromosome system and repetitive DNAs through a cytogenomic approach

Chromosoma
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-022-00781-4
Contributors: Ana E. Gasparotto; Diogo Milani; Emiliano Martí; Ana Beatriz S. M. Ferretti; Vanessa B. Bardella; Frederico Hickmann; Magda Zrzavá; František Marec; Diogo C. Cabral-de-Mello
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On the Origin of Neo-Sex Chromosomes in the Neotropical Dragonflies Rhionaeschna bonariensis and R. planaltica (Aeshnidae, Odonata)

Insects
2022-12-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/insects13121159
Contributors: Liliana M. Mola; Iva Vrbová; Daniela S. Tosto; Magda Zrzavá; František Marec
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New cytogenetic data on Caryophyllaeus laticeps and Paracaryophyllaeus gotoi, parasites of evolutionary interest

Parasitology
2022-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182022000622
Contributors: Martina Orosová; Anna Marková; František Marec; Daniel Barčák; Timea Brázová; Mikuláš Oros
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High-quality haploid genomes corroborate 29 chromosomes and highly conserved synteny of genes inHyleshawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

2022-04-10 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2022.04.08.487644
Contributors: Anna K. Hundsdoerfer; Tilman Schell; Franziska Patzold; Charlotte J. Wright; Atsuo Yoshido; František Marec; Hana Daneck; Sylke Winkler; Carola Greve; Lars Podsiadlowski et al.
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Degenerated, Undifferentiated, Rearranged, Lost: High Variability of Sex Chromosomes in Geometridae (Lepidoptera) Identified by Sex Chromatin

Cells
2021-08-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/cells10092230
Contributors: Martina Hejníčková; Martina Dalíková; Pavel Potocký; Toomas Tammaru; Marharyta Trehubenko; Svatava Kubíčková; František Marec; Magda Zrzavá
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A conserved role of the duplicated Masculinizer gene in sex determination of the Mediterranean flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella

PLOS Genetics
2021-08-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009420
Contributors: Sander Visser; Claude Desplan; Anna Voleníková; Petr Nguyen; Eveline C. Verhulst; František Marec
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Molecular cytogenetic analysis of a triploid population of the human broad tapeworm, Dibothriocephalus latus (Diphyllobothriidea)

Parasitology
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182021000408
Contributors: Martina Orosová; Anna Marková; Irena Provazníková; Mikuláš Oros; Alžbeta Radačovská; Zuzana Čadková; František Marec
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Large-scale comparative analysis of cytogenetic markers across Lepidoptera

Scientific Reports
2021-06-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91665-7
Contributors: Irena Provazníková; Martina Hejníčková; Sander Visser; Martina Dalíková; Leonela Z. Carabajal Paladino; Magda Zrzavá; Anna Voleníková; František Marec; Petr Nguyen
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Universal fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) protocol for mapping repetitive DNAs in insects and other arthropods

Molecular Genetics and Genomics
2021-05-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-021-01765-2
Contributors: Diogo Cavalcanti Cabral-de-Mello; František Marec
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Jekyll or Hyde? The genome (and more) of Nesidiocoris tenuis, a zoophytophagous predatory bug that is both a biological control agent and a pest

Insect Molecular Biology
2021-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/imb.12688
Contributors: K. B. Ferguson; S. Visser; M. Dalíková; I. Provazníková; A. Urbaneja; M. Pérez‐Hedo; F. Marec; J. H. Werren; B. J. Zwaan; B. A. Pannebakker et al.
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A conserved role of the duplicatedMasculinizergene in sex determination of the Mediterranean flour moth,Ephestia kuehniella

2021-02-15 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2021.02.15.431251
Contributors: Sander Visser; Anna Voleníková; Petr Nguyen; Eveline C. Verhulst; František Marec
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Evolution of multiple sex-chromosomes associated with dynamic genome reshuffling in Leptidea wood-white butterflies

Heredity
2020-09-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41437-020-0325-9
Contributors: Atsuo Yoshido; Jindra Šíchová; Kristýna Pospíšilová; Petr Nguyen; Anna Voleníková; Jan Šafář; Jan Provazník; Roger Vila; František Marec
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Patterns of Sex Chromosome Differentiation in Spiders: Insights from Comparative Genomic Hybridisation

Genes
2020-07-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/genes11080849
Contributors: Alexandr Sember; Michaela Pappová; Martin Forman; Petr Nguyen; František Marec; Martina Dalíková; Klára Divišová; Marie Doležálková-Kaštánková; Magda Zrzavá; David Sadílek et al.
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Jekyll or Hyde? The genome (and more) ofNesidiocoris tenuis, a zoophytophagous predatory bug that is both a biological control agent and a pest

2020-02-28 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2020.02.27.967943
Contributors: K. B. Ferguson; S. Visser; M. Dalíková; I. Provazníková; A. Urbaneja; M. Pérez-Hedo; F. Marec; J. H. Werren; B. J. Zwaan; B. A. Pannebakker et al.
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Insights into the karyotype and genome evolution of haplogyne spiders indicate a polyploid origin of lineage with holokinetic chromosomes

Scientific Reports
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39034-3
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
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Absence of W Chromosome in Psychidae Moths and Implications for the Theory of Sex Chromosome Evolution in Lepidoptera

Genes
2019-12-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/genes10121016
Contributors: Martina Hejníčková; Petr Koutecký; Pavel Potocký; Irena Provazníková; Anna Voleníková; Martina Dalíková; Sander Visser; František Marec; Magda Zrzavá
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Advances and Challenges of Using the Sterile Insect Technique for the Management of Pest Lepidoptera

Insects
2019-10-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/insects10110371
Contributors: František Marec; Marc J. B. Vreysen
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Limited intrinsic postzygotic reproductive isolation despite chromosomal rearrangements between closely related sympatric species of small ermine moths (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
2019-06-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz090
Part of ISSN: 0024-4066
Part of ISSN: 1095-8312
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Sex Chromosome Turnover in Moths of the Diverse Superfamily Gelechioidea

Genome Biology and Evolution
2019-04-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evz075
Part of ISSN: 1759-6653
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Versatility of multivalent orientation, inverted meiosis, and rescued fitness in holocentric chromosomal hybrids

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2018-10-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1802610115
Contributors: Vladimir A. Lukhtanov; Vlad Dincă; Magne Friberg; Jindra Šíchová; Martin Olofsson; Roger Vila; František Marec; Christer Wiklund
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Insights into the Structure of the Spruce Budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) Genome, as Revealed by Molecular Cytogenetic Analyses and a High-Density Linkage Map

G3&amp;#58; Genes|Genomes|Genetics
2018-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1534/g3.118.200263
Contributors: Sandrine Picq; Lisa Lumley; Jindra Šíchová; Jérôme Laroche; Esther Pouliot; Bryan M. T. Brunet; Roger C. Levesque; Felix A. H. Sperling; František Marec; Michel Cusson
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Sex Chromosomes of the Iconic Moth Abraxas grossulariata (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) and Its Congener A. sylvata

Genes
2018-05-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/genes9060279
Contributors: Magda Zrzavá; Irena Hladová; Martina Dalíková; Jindra Šíchová; Erki Õunap; Svatava Kubíčková; František Marec
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Chromosomal distribution of interstitial telomeric sequences as signs of evolution through chromosome fusion in six species of the giant water bugs (Hemiptera, Belostoma)

Ecology and Evolution
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3098
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WOS:000406323100020
Contributors: Chirino, Monica G.; Dalikova, Martina; Marec, Frantisek R.; Bressa, Maria J.
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Novel resistance to Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) in codling moth shows autosomal and dominant inheritance and confers cross-resistance to different CpGV genome groups

Plos One
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179157
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WOS:000404135800019
Contributors: Sauer, Annette J.; Fritsch, Eva; Undorf-Spahn, Karin; Nguyen, Petr; Marec, Frantisek; Heckel, David G.; Jehle, Johannes A.
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W-enriched satellite sequence in the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae).

Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-017-9558-8
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MEDLINE:28500471
Contributors: Dalikova, Martina; Zrzava, Magda; Kubickova, Svatava; Marec, Frantisek
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Elusive Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758) larvae: habitat selection, sex determination and sex ratio (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia
2017-12 | Journal article
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Elusive Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758) larvae: habitat selection, sex determination and sex ratio (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
2017-12-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.57065/shilap.876
Contributors: P. Vlasánek; A. Bartonová; F. Marec; M. Konvicka
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New Insights into the Evolution of the W Chromosome in Lepidoptera

Journal of Heredity
2017-10-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esx063
Part of ISSN: 0022-1503
Part of ISSN: 1465-7333
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A Z-linked sterility locus causes sexual abstinence in hybrid females and facilitates speciation in Spodoptera frugiperda

Evolution
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12940
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WOS:000379268200022
Contributors: Kost, S.; Heckel, D. G.; Yoshido, A.; Marec, F.; Groot, A. T.
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Fissions, fusions, and translocations shaped the karyotype and multiple sex chromosome constitution of the northeast-Asian wood white butterfly, Leptidea amurensis

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12756
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WOS:000379783400003
Contributors: Sichova, Jindra; Ohno, Mizuki; Dinca, Vlad; Watanabe, Michihito; Sahara, Ken; Marec, Frantisek
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Is premeiotic genome elimination an exclusive mechanism for hemiclonal reproduction in hybrid males of the genus Pelophylax?

Bmc Genetics
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12863-016-0408-z
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WOS:000378844800001
Contributors: Dolezalkova, M.; Sember, A.; Marec, F.; Rab, P.; Plotner, J.; Choleva, L.
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The fate of W chromosomes in hybrids between wild silkmoths, Samia cynthia ssp.: no role in sex determination and reproduction

Heredity
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2015.110
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WOS:000374130300002
Contributors: Yoshido, A.; Marec, F.; Sahara, K.
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XX/XY System of Sex Determination in the Geophilomorph Centipede Strigamia maritima

Plos One
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150292
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WOS:000371274400120
Contributors: Green, Jack E.; Dalikova, Martina; Sahara, Ken; Marec, Frantisek; Akam, Michael
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Dynamic karyotype evolution and unique sex determination systems in Leptidea wood white butterflies

Bmc Evolutionary Biology
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0375-4
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WOS:000354841700001
Contributors: Sichova, Jindra; Volenikova, Anna; Dinca, Vlad; Nguyen, Petr; Vila, Roger; Sahara, Ken; Marec, Frantisek
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Extensive variation in chromosome number and genome size in sexual and parthenogenetic species of the jumping-bristletail genus Machilis (Archaeognatha)

Ecology and Evolution
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1264
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WOS:000344752000007
Contributors: Gassner, Melitta; Dejaco, Thomas; Schoenswetter, Peter; Marec, Frantisek; Arthofer, Wolfgang; Schlick-Steiner, Birgit C.; Steiner, Florian M.
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Female silkworms have the sex factor

Nature
2014 | Journal article
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WOS:000336457100035
Contributors: Marec, Frantisek
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Mapping of single-copy genes by TSA-FISH in the codling moth, Cydia pomonella

Bmc Genetics
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-15-S2-S15
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WOS:000353980100016
Contributors: Carabajal Paladino, Leonela Z.; Nguyen, Petr; Sichova, Jindra; Marec, Frantisek
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Towards mosquito sterile insect technique programmes: Exploring genetic, molecular, mechanical and behavioural methods of sex separation in mosquitoes

Acta Tropica
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.08.015
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WOS:000335112000024
Contributors: Gilles, Jeremie R. L.; Schetelig, Marc F.; Scolari, Francesca; Marec, Frantisek; Capurro, Margareth L.; Franz, Gerald; Bourtzis, Kostas
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Chromosomal Evolution in Tortricid Moths: Conserved Karyotypes with Diverged Features

Plos One
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064520
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WOS:000319385300019
Contributors: Sichova, Jindra; Petr, Nguyen; Dalikova, Martina; Marec, Frantisek
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