Ryegrasses (Lolium sp.) and fescues (Festuca sp.) play a key role in many grass ecosystems, such as meadows and pastures. Moreover, they are widely used for forage production and as amenity grasses. The intergeneric hybrids called Festulolium possess agronomically beneficial characteristics from both parents and could reflect climatic changes in the near future. our article delivers new insights into the generics of these hybrids. and Štěpán Stočes, David Kopecký.
Evropské druhy raků jsou stále vzácnější. Nemalou vinu na tom mají především raci introdukovaní ze Severní Ameriky a s nimi související šíření račího moru. Počet nepůvodních druhů v Evropě již dvakrát převyšuje původní račí faunu a v důsledku vysazování akvarijních druhů do volné přírody můžeme očekávat nálezy dalších račích přivandrovalců., European native crayfish species are on the decline. One of the key reasons is the introduction of invasive crayfish from North America and the associated spread of crayfish plague. The number of alien crayfish in Europe is already more than double the number of native species, and, due to the release of aquarium-kept specimens, we can expect discovery of additional ones., and Antonín Kouba, Adam Petrusek.
The Alcathoe bat, Myotis alcathoe von Helversen et Heller, 2001, has so far been re - corded in 16 European countries, including the Czech Republic. Our consultation with a linguist resulted in the change of the bat’s Czech name to netopýr alkathoe. and Jiří Gaisler, Vladimír Hanák.
Článek se věnuje nově popsanému rodu Oreojuncus Záveská Drábková et Kirschner, který zahrnuje dva druhy - Oreojuncus trifidus a Oreojuncus monanthos. V České republice se vyskytuje pouze O. trifidus, sítina horská trojklanná, které je věnována větší pozornost. Rod Oreojuncus byl tradičně zařazován mezi sítiny (Juncus) sekce Steirochloa, avšak na základě komplexního výzkumu zahrnujícího fylogenetickou analýzu molekulárních dat a revizi morfologie byl vyčleněn jako samostatný, osmý rod čeledi sítinovitých (Juncaceae)., The new genus Oreojuncus Záveská Drábková et Kirschner has been described, with two species - O. trifidus and O. monanthos. Attention is given to the first species, which occurs in the Czech Republic. The genus Oreojuncus has been traditionally included in the Juncus sect. Steirochloa; however, complex research based on phylogenetic analysis of the molecular data and morphological revision revealed the necessity to establish this eighth genus in the Juncaceae family., and Lenka Záveská Drábková.
The mechanism of sex determination is common for all honeybee species (Apis spp.) by the complementary sex determination (csd) gene. The csd gene has been studied in the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera L.), the Eastern honey bee (Apis cerana F.) and the giant honey bee (Apis dorsata F.), whereas no studies had been conducted on the high altitude Himalayan or black giant honey bee, Apis laboriosa Smith. In the present study, we cloned the genomic exon 6 to exon 9 region of the A. laboriosa csd gene, and identified 13 csd haplotypes. The data was analyzed and compared with the other aforementioned three honeybee species. The results showed that, as with the other three Apis species, region 3 of the csd gene contains an RS domain at the N terminal, a proline-rich domain at the C terminal, and a hypervariable region in the middle. A phylogenetic tree showed that the csd haplotypes from A. laboriosa fell into one clade with those from A. dorsata, and were separated from those from the other two species, A. mellifera and A. cerana. The network map also showed that the csd haplotypes from A. laboriosa and A. dorsata are well mixed among each other, and do not form two separate branches. Pairwise Fst analysis revealed that the value between A. laboriosa and A. dorsata was very low (0.098), confirming a close relationship to exist between them., Huan Wang ... [et al.]., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Článek přináší přehled druhů rodu chrpa (Centaurea) rostoucích v České republice. Uvedeny jsou všechny druhy a kříženci a jejich geografické rozšíření a stanovištní nároky, zvláštní důraz je kladen na taxonomické novinky (nově rozpoznané taxony) nebo taxony z území dosud neuváděné., This paper presents an overview of the genus Centaurea in the Czech Republic. All species and hybrids reported from the country are listed, their geographic distribution and habitat requirements are discussed. Taxonomic novelties (recently recognized taxa) and taxa not hitherto reported from the Czech Republic are discussed in detail., and Petr Koutecký.