Microsatellites are widely used in genetic and evolutionary analyses, but their own evolution is far from simple. The mechanisms maintaining the mutational patterns of simple repeats and the typical stable allele-frequency distributions are still poorly understood. Asexual lineages may provide particularly informative models for the indirect study of microsatellite evolution, because their geno...

Ranunculus trichophyllus is an amphibious plant that produces thin and cylindrical leaves if grown under water but thick and broad leaves if grown on land. We found that such heterophylly is widely controlled by two plant hormones, abscisic acid (ABA) and ethylene, which control terrestrial and aquatic leaf development respectively. Aquatic leaves produced higher levels of ethylene but lower le...

Adaptation to aquatic habitats is a formidable challenge for terrestrial angiosperms that has long intrigued scientists. As part of a suite of work to explore the molecular mechanism of adaptation to aquatic habitats, we here sequenced the transcriptome of the submerged aquatic plant Ranunculus bungei, and two terrestrial relatives R. cantoniensis and R. brotherusii, followed by comparative evo...

This paper presents new records and noteworthy data on the following taxa in SE Europe adjacent regions: brown alga Heribaudiella fluviatilis, red Batrachospermum skujae, saprotrophic fungus Gnomonia geranii-macrorrhizi, mycorrhizal fungi Amanita alseides Russula griseascens, liverwort Ricciocarpos natans, moss Blindia acuta, Leucodon sciuroides var. morensis Pseudostereodon procerrimus, monoco...

Összeállításunkban az Északi-Cserehát és a Felső-Bódva-völgy területéről 1995 2020 között gyűjtött, korábbi publikációinkból kimaradt adatainkat közöljük, 123 fajra vonatkozóan. Publikáljuk néhány, területről eddig nem közölt, vagy ritka faj adatát (pl. Artemisia annua, Genista pilosa, Ranunculus flammula, Scorzonera purpurea, Silene noctiflora), illetve kitérünk olyan adathiányos, de gyakoribb...