František Marec
Head, Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics
Research interests
Lepidoptera genetics; molecular cytogenetics; synaptonemal complex; telomeres; sex chromosomes
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Teaching activities
Cytogenetics
Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
Course mission: To provide detailed knowledge of functional organisation of the genome, chromosome structures and their function, the course of mitotic and meiotic divisions with emphasis on their significance for the transfer of genetic information in somatic and germ cells, and mechanisms of genome evolution. An overview of cytogenetic methods including advanced techniques of molecular cytogenetics is also given.
Recent publications
Nguyen P., Sykorova M., Sichova J., Kuta V., Dalikova M., Capkova Frydrychova R, Neven L.G., Sahara K., Marec F. (2013) The role of neo-sex chromosomes in the evolution of tortricid moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). in: Conference Jacques Monod, Recent Advances on the Evolution of Sex and Genetic Systems, 22 - 26 May 2013, Roscoff, France: p. 59.
Nguyen P., Carabajal Paladino L.Z., Sykorova M., Marec F. (2013) Neo-sex chromosomes as a key innovation in radiation of lower ditrysian moths. in: Programme and Abstracts, Advances in Ecological Speciation, 29 - 30 April 2013, CIBIO/UP Vairao, Portugal: p. 23.
Šíchová J., Nguyen P., Dalíková M., Marec F. (2013) Chromosomal evolution in tortricid moths: conserved karyotypes with diverged features. PLoS ONE 8: e64520.
Nguyen P., Sýkorová M., Šíchová J., Kůta V., Dalíková M., Čapková Frydrychová R., Neven L.G., Sahara K., Marec F. (2013) Neo-sex chromosomes and adaptive potential in tortricid pests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110: 6931-6936.
Yoshido A., Šíchová J., Kubíčková S., Marec F., Sahara K. (2013) Rapid turnover of the W chromosome in geographical populations of wild silkmoths, Samia cynthia ssp. Chromosome Research 21: 149-164.
Van't Hof A.E., Nguyen P., Dalíková M., Edmonds N., Marec F., Saccheri I.J. (2013) Linkage map of the peppered moth, Biston betularia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae): a model of industrial melanism. Heredity 110: 283-295. Epub 5 Dec 2012.
Buntrock L., Marec F., Krueger S., Traut W. (2012) Organ growth without cell division: somatic polyploidy in a moth, Ephestia kuehniella. Genome 55: 755-763.
Drosopoulou E., Nakou I., Šíchová J., Kubíčková S., Marec F., Mavragani-Tsipidou P. (2012) Sex chromosomes and associated rDNA form a heterochromatic network in the polytene nuclei of Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae). Genetica 140: 169-180.
Drosopoulou E., Nakou I., Šíchová J., Kubíčková S., Marec F., Mavragani-Tsipidou P. (2012) What is the fate of sex chromosomes in polytene nuclei of Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae)? in: Abstracts, 2nd International Symposium of TEAM, 3-6 July 2012. Kolymbari. Crete, Greece, p. 78..
Sykorova M., Nguyen P., Sichova J., Kuta V., Dalikova M., Capkova-Frydrychova R., Neven L.G., Sahara K., Marec F. (2011) Synteny mapping revealed a Z-chromosome-autosome fusion in the karyotype evolution tortricid moths. in: Jackson D., Griffin D. (eds.) Delegate Book, 18th International Chromosome Conference, 29 August - 2 September 2011, Manchester, UK, poster no. 171.
Sichova J., Nguyen P., Dalikova M., Sykorova M., Marec F.Lepidoptera: Do they have fast-Z evolution? (2011) Lepidoptera: Do they have fast-Z evolution? in: Jackson D., Griffin D. (eds.) Delegate Book, 18th International Chromosome Conference, 29 August - 2 September 2011, Manchester, UK, poster no. 170.
Dalikova M., Pigozzi M.I., Toscani M.A., Marec F. (2011) Is the lepidopteran Z chromosome meiotically inactivated? in: Jackson D., Griffin D. (eds.) Delegate Book, 18th International Chromosome Conference, 29 August - 2 September 2011, Manchester, UK, poster no. 169.
Marec F., Nguyen P., Dalikova M., van’t Hof A.E., Saccheri I.J. (2011) Synteny mapping in the peppered moth (Biston betularia) supports high conservation of the Z chromosome in Lepidoptera. in: Jackson D., Griffin D. (eds.) Delegate Book, 18th International Chromosome Conference, 29 August - 2 September 2011, Manchester, UK, poster no. 162.
van’t Hof A.E., Edmonds N., Dalíková M., Marec F., Saccheri I.J. (2011) Industrial melanism in British peppered moths has a singular and recent mutational origin. Science 332: 958-600.
Zalesna A., Choleva L., Ogielska M., Rábová M., Marec F., Ráb P. (2011) Evidence for integrity of parental genomes in diploid hybridogenetic water frogs (Pelophylax esculentus) by genomic in situ hybridization. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 134: 206-212.
Yoshido A., Sahara K., Marec F., Matsuda Y. (2011) Step-by-step evolution of neo-sex chromosomes in geographical populations of wild silkmoths, Samia cynthia ssp. Heredity 106: 614-624. Epub 2010.
Marec F., Kuta V., Nguyen P., Capkova Frydrychova R. (2010) Use of a Notch ortholog for genetic sexing in the codling moth. In: Abstracts, International Symposium “New Silk Road: Silkworm Genome to Sustainable Agriculture”, 9-10 November 2010, Tsukuba, Japan, p. 22-23.
Orosová M., Marec F., Oros M., Xi B.W., Scholz T. (2010) A chromosome study and localization of 18S rDNA in Khawia saurogobii (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea). Parasitology Research 106: 587-593.
Nguyen P., Sahara K., Yoshido A., Marec F. (2010) Evolutionary dynamics of rDNA clusters on chromosomes of moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera). Genetica 138: 343–354. Epub 2009.
Marec F., Sahara K., Traut W. (2010) Rise and fall of the W chromosome in Lepidoptera. In: Goldsmith M.R., Marec F. (eds.) Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, pp. 49-63.
Goldsmith M.R., Marec F., eds. (2010) Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.: Pp. 362.
Vreysen M.J.B., Carpenter J.E., Marec F. (2010) Improvement of the sterile insect technique for codling moth Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) to facilitate expansion of field application. Journal of Applied Entomology 134: 165–181. Epub 2009.
Yasukochi Y., Tanaka-Okuyama M., Shibata F., Yoshido A., Marec F., Wu C., Zhang H., Goldsmith M.R., Sahara K. (2009) Extensive conserved synteny of genes between the karyotypes of Manduca sexta and Bombyx mori revealed by BAC-FISH mapping. PLoS ONE 4: e7465.
Sichova J., Vitkova M., Marec F. (2009) Laser microdissection of codling moth Z chromosome for Zoo-FISH and sequence library. In: Kostas I., Gordon, K. (eds) Program, Abstracts, Participants, Authors, The 8th International Workshop on the Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera, 23-29 August 2009, Orthodox Academy of Crete, Kolympari, Crete. Greece, p. 86.
Dalikova M., Vitkova M., Neven L.G., Nguyen P., Sichova J., Fukova I., Marec F. (2009) BAC clones as a tool for the study of the codling moth sex chromosomes. In: Kostas I., Gordon, K. (eds) Program, Abstracts, Participants, Authors, The 8th International Workshop on the Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera, 23-29 August 2009, Orthodox Academy of Crete, Kolympari, Crete. Greece, p. 84.
Nguyen P., Dalikova M., Vitkova M., Naito Y., Sichova J., Neven L.G., Sahara K., Marec F. (2009) On the Z-chromosome synteny in Lepidoptera. In: Kostas I., Gordon, K. (eds) Program, Abstracts, Participants, Authors, The 8th International Workshop on the Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera, 23-29 August 2009, Orthodox Academy of Crete, Kolympari, Crete. Greece, p. 83.
Traut W., Marec F., Sahara K. (2009) Transcriptional activity of the W chromosome. In: Kostas I., Gordon, K. (eds) Program, Abstracts, Participants, Authors, The 8th International Workshop on the Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera, 23-29 August 2009, Orthodox Academy of Crete, Kolympari, Crete. Greece, p. 39.
van’t Hof A., Edmonds N., Marec F., Saccheri I. (2009) Linkage map of the peppered moth, Biston betularia (Geometriidae), including localization of the carbonaria morph switch and melanisation pathway genes. In: Kostas I., Gordon, K. (eds) Program, Abstracts, Participants, Authors, The 8th International Workshop on the Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera, 23-29 August 2009, Orthodox Academy of Crete, Kolympari, Crete. Greece, p. 25.
Marec F., Vitkova M., Dalikova M., Sichova J., Sykorova M., Nguyen P., Sahara K., Traut W. (2009) Tracking sex chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera. In: Kostas I., Gordon, K. (eds) Program, Abstracts, Participants, Authors, The 8th International Workshop on the Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera, 23-29 August 2009, Orthodox Academy of Crete, Kolympari, Crete. Greece, p. 24.
Bressa M.J., Papeschi A.G., Vítková M., Kubíčková S., Fuková I., Pigozzi M.I., Marec F. (2009) Sex chromosome evolution in cotton stainers of the genus Dysdercus (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae). Cytogenetic and Genome Research 125: 292-305.
Fuková I., Neven L.G., Bárcenas N.M., Gund N.A., Dalíková M., Marec F. (2009) Rapid assessment of the sex of codling moth Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) eggs and larvae. Journal of Applied Entomology 133: 249-261. Epub 2008.
Van’t Hof A.E., Marec F., Saccheri I.J., Brakefield P.M., Zwaan B.J. (2008) Cytogenetic characterization and AFLP-based genetic linkage mapping for the butterfly Bicyclus anynana, covering all 28 karyotyped chromosomes. PLoS ONE 3: e3882.
Fukova I., Vitkova M., Symonova R., Mueller S., Papanicolaou A., Marec F. (2008) Comparative molecular cytogenetics: extending the toolkit for evolutionary studies. In: Meeting Program, Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, 5-8 June 2008, Barcelona, Spain, Poster P-396..
Marec F. (2008) Molecular Cytogenetics for Cytotaxonomy and Evolutionary Analyses in Invertebrates. In: Abstracts, 6th International Workshop on Cestode Systematics and Phylogeny, 15-20 June 2008, Smolenice, Slovakia, p. 15..
Marec F. (2008) Laser microdissection of sex chromatin: a new tool for sequence and evolutionary analyses of the W chromosome in Lepidoptera. In: Abstracts, Kolloquium für Humboldt-Alumni in Tschechien und der Slowakei: “Wom Kalten Krieg zur Wissensgesellschaft – wissenshaftliche Kooperationen zwischen Tschechien, der Slowakei und Deutschland”, 21-23 Mai 2008, Prag, Tschechien, p. 24..
Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z., Sikutová S., Rudolf I., Honza M., Janková J., Chytil J., Marec F., Sitko J. (2008) Serologic survey of birds for West Nile Flavivirus in Southern Moravia (Czech Republic). Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 8: 659-666.
Makee H., Tafesh N., Marec F. (2008) Analysis of radiation-induced W chromosome aberrations in the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.), by fluorescence in situ hybridization techniques. Journal of Pest Science 81: 143-151.
Traut W., Sahara K., Marec F. (2007) Sex chromosomes and sex determination in Lepidoptera. Sexual Development 1: 332-346. Epub 2008.
Rabova M., Marec F., Musilova Z., Choleva L., Rab P. (2007) Cytogenetics of bisexual species and their asexual hybrid clones in European spined loaches, genus Cobitis. III. Attempts to identify parental chromosomes in hybrid genomes by genomic in situ hybridization (GISH). In: Book of Abstracts, XII European Congres of Ichtyology, 9-13 Sept. 2007, Cavtat (Dubrovnik), Croatia, p. 190-191.
Vítková M., Fuková I., Kubíčková S., Marec F. (2007) Molecular divergence of the W chromosomes in pyralid moths (Lepidoptera). Chromosome Research 15: 917-930.
Yoshido A., Matsuda Y., Marec F., Sahara K. (2007) Sex-chromosome polymorphism of the silkmoth, Samia cynthia. Chromosome Res. 15: 75.
Sahara K., Yoshido A., Marec F., Fukova I., Kamimura M., Yasukochi Y. (2007) BAC-FISH mapping of synteny between chromosomes of Bombyx mori and Manduca sexta. Chromosome Res. 15: 32.
Nguyen P., Sahara K., Yoshido A., Marec F. (2007) Chromosomal distribution of rDNA in Lepidoptera. Chromosome Res. 15: 33.
Fukova I., Traut W., Kubickova S., Marec F. (2007) Repetitive elements on the codling moth W chromosome. Chromosome Res. 15: 77.
Dalikova M., Marec F. (2007) Histone H4 acetylation on the W chromosome of the flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera). Chromosome Res. 15: 23-24.
Marec F., Fukova I., Vitkova M., Kubickova S., Traut W. (2007) Laser microdissection of sex chromatin: a new tool for sequence and evolutionary analyses of the non-recombining W chromosome in Lepidoptera. Chromosome Res. 15: 73.
Sahara K., Yoshido A., Marec F., Fuková I., Zhang H.B., Wu C.C., Goldsmith M.R., Yasukochi Y. (2007) Conserved synteny of genes between chromosome 15 of Bombyx mori and a chromosome of Manduca sexta shown by five-color BAC-FISH. Genome 50: 1061-1065.
Marec F., Fukova I., Dalikova M., Neven L.G. (2007) Developing transgenic sexing strains in the codling moth, Cydia pomonella. In: Programme and Abstracts, 77th Congress of the Japanese Society of Sericultural Science in Japan, 3-4 April 2007, Tsukuba, Japan, p. 88.
Traut W., Szczepanowski M., Vítková M., Opitz C., Marec F., Zrzavý J. (2007) The telomere repeat motif of basal Metazoa. Chromosome Research 15: 371-382.
Bombarová M., Marec F., Nguyen P., Špakulová M. (2007) Divergent location of ribosomal genes in chromosomes of fish thorny-headed worms, Pomphorhynchus laevis and P. tereticollis (Acanthocephala). Genetica 131: 141–149. Epub2006.
Fuková I., Traut W., Vítková M., Nguyen P., Kubíčková S., Marec F. (2007) Probing the W chromosome of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella, with sequences from microdissected sex chromatin. Chromosoma 116: 135-145. Epub 2006.
Yoshido A., Yasukochi Y., Marec F., Abe H., Sahara K. (2007) FISH analysis of the W chromosome in Bombyx mandarina and several other Lepidoptera by means of B. mori W-BAC probes. Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology 76: 1-7.
Marec F., Neven L.G., Fukova I. (2007) Developing transgenic sexing strains for the release of non-transgenic sterile male codling moths Cydia pomonella. In: Vreysen M.J.B., Robinson A.S., Hendrichs J. (eds.) Area-Wide Control of Insect Pests. From Research to Field Implementation, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 103-111.
Marec F., Fukova I., Vitkova M., Nguyen P., Kubickova S., Traut W. (2006) Laser microdissection of sex chromatin as a new tool for sequence and evolutionary analyses of the W chromosome in Lepidoptera. In: Abstract Book, VIIIth European Congress of Entomology, 17-22 September 2006, Izmir, Turkey, p. 85-86.
Fuková I., Traut W., Kubickova S., Marec F. (2006) Laser microdissection of the W chromosome in the codling moth, Cydia pomonella. In: Abstracts, 7th International Workshop on the Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera, 20-26 August 2006, Kolympari, Crete, Greece, p. 105.
Vitkova M., Kubickova S., Marec F. (2006) Moth W chromosomes under magnifying lens of CGH and ZOO-FISH. In: Abstracts, 7th International Workshop on the Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera, 20-26 August 2006, Kolympari, Crete, Greece, p. 30.
Marec F., Fukova I., Vitkova M., Nguyen P., Kubickova S., Traut W. (2006) Progress in molecular characterization of the codling moth W chromosome. In: Working Material, Third FAO/IAEA Research Co-ordination Meeting on Improvement of Codling Moth SIT to Facilitate Expansion of Field Application, 16-20 Sept. 2005, Mendoza, Argentina. IAEA, Vienna, Austria, pp. 51-60.
Marec F., Vitkova M., Fukova I., Nguyen P., Kubickova S., Traut W. (2006) Insights into the molecular evolution of the W chromosomes in Lepidoptera. In: Abstracts, Int. Symp. Insect Genetics and Genomics, 9-11 January 2006, Hyderabad, India, p. 19..
Vitkova M., Marec F. (2005) Rapid evolution of the W chromosome in moths of the family Pyralidae. In: Abstracts, First International Cytogenetics and Genome Society Congress, 14-18 June 2005, Granada, Spain, p. 54 (poster P8)..
Fukova I., Vitkova M., Nguyen P., Traut W., Marec F. (2005) Sequence analysis of the W chromosome in the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). In: Abstracts, First International Cytogenetics and Genome Society Congress, 14-18 June 2005, Granada, Spain, p. 55 (poster P9)..
Marec F., Fukova I., Vitkova M., Nguyen P., Traut W. (2005) Codling moth sex chromosomes and their potential for development of genetic sexing strains. In: Resúmenes, VI Congreso Argentino de Entomología, 12-15 Sept. 2005, San Miguel de Tucumán, Sociedad Entomológia Argentina, p. 45..
Kulikov A.M., Kuznetsov A., Marec F., Mitrofanov V.G. (2005) Determination of fitness components of flies bearing the recessive lethal l(2)M167[DTS] mutation with dominant heat sensitivity in artificial Drosophila melanogaster populations. Russian Journal of Genetics 41: 620-629.
Kulikov A.M., Marec F., Mitrofanov V.G. (2005) Selection on viability of individuals heterozygous for the temperature-sensitive lethal mutation l(2)M167[DTS] in experimental populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Russian Journal of Genetics 41: 613-619.
Kulikov A.M., Marec F., Mitrofanov V.G. (2005) The effect of male mating competitiveness, dev. rate, and viability of larvae and pupae in D. melanogaster heterozygous for the temperature-sensitive lethal mutation l(2)M167[DTS] on the dynamics of the mutation elimination from the population. Russian Journal of Genetics 41: 499-500.
Yoshido A., Marec F., Sahara K. (2005) Resolution of sex chromosome constitution by GISH and telomere-FISH in some species of Lepidoptera. Chromosoma 114: 193-202.
Fuková I., Nguyen P., Marec F. (2005) Codling moth cytogenetics: karyotype, chromosomal location of rDNA, and molecular differentiation of sex chromosomes. Genome 48: 1083-1092.
Carpenter J.E., Bloem S., Marec F. (2005) Inherited sterility in insects. In: V.A. Dyck, J. Hendrichs and A.S. Robinson (eds.), Sterile Insect Technique. Principles and Practice in Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 115-146.
Kulikov A.M., Marec F., Mitrofanov V.G. (2005) The effect of population density on the elimination dynamics of a recessive lethal mutation l(2)M167[DTS] from experimental populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Russian Journal of Genetics 41: 249-255.
Marec F., Neven L.G., Robinson A.S., Vreysen M., Goldsmith M.R., Nagaraju J., Franz G. (2005) Development of genetic sexing strains in Lepidoptera: From traditional to transgenic approaches. Journal of Economic Entomology 98: 248-259.
Vítková M., Král J., Traut W., Zrzavý J., Marec F. (2005) The evolutionary origin of insect telomeric repeats, (TTAGG)n. Chromosome Research 13: 145-156.
Marec F., Fukova I., Vitkova M., Korchova M., Kubickova S., Traut W. (2004) Codling moth cytogenetics: karyotype, sex-chromosome differentiation and development of W-chromosome painting probes. In: Working Material, Second FAO/IAEA Research Co-ordination Meeting on Improvement of Codling Moth SIT to Facilitate Expansion of Field Application, 8-12 March 2004, Stellenbosch, South Africa. IAEA, Vienna, Austria, pp. 55-66..
Vitkova M., Kral J., Traut W., Zrzavy J., Marec F. (2004) The evolutionary origin of insect telomeric repeats, (TTAGG)n. In: 3rd European workshop on: Role of Telomeres and Telomerase in Cancer and Aging, Ladenburg, Germany, 21-23 November 2004 (poster).
Marec F., Vitkova M. (2004) Extraordinary telomeres of insect chromosomes. In: 3rd European workshop on: Role of Telomeres and Telomerase in Cancer and Aging, Ladenburg, Germany, 21-23 November 2004 (talk).
Yoshido A., Sahara K., Yasukochi Y., Marec F. (2004) Detection of sex chromosome constitution by GISH and telomere-FISH in some Lepidoptera. Chromosome Res. 12: 98 (poster PO:08:14).
Vitkova M., Fukova I., Marec F. (2004) Markers for uncovering the evolution of sex chromosomes in Lepidoptera. Chromosome Res. 12: 97 (poster PO:08:13).
Marec F., Vitkova M., Fukova I., Yoshido A., Sahara K., Traut W. (2004) Molecular differentiation of W chromosomes in Lepidoptera. Chromosome Res. 12: 91 (lecture L105).
Fukova I., Vitkova M., Traut W., Kubickova S., Marec F. (2004) Molecular analysis of microdissected W chromosomes of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella. Chromosome Res. 12: 93 (poster PO:08:04).
Mediouni J., Fuková I., Frydrychová R., Dhouibi M.H., Marec F. (2004) Karyotype, sex chromatin and sex chromosome differentiation in the carob moth, Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Caryologia 57: 184-194.
Emelianov I., Marec F., Mallet J. (2004) Genomic evidence for divergence with gene flow in host races of the larch budmoth. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B - Biological Sciences 271: 97-105. Epub 2003.
Frydrychová R., Grossmann P., Trubač P., Vítková M., Marec F. (2004) Phylogenetic distribution of TTAGG telomeric repeats in insects. Genome 47: 163-178.
Marec F. (2003) Sex chromosome system in Lepidoptera and its potential for genetic sexing. In: Working Material, First FAO/IAEA Research Co-ordination Meeting on Improvement of Codling Moth SIT to Facilitate Expansion of Field Application, 19-23 August 2002, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. IAEA, Vienna, Austria, pp. 75-86.
Rego A., Marec F. (2003) Telomeric and interstitial telomeric sequences in holokinetic chromosomes of Lepidoptera: Telomeric DNA mediates association between postpachytene bivalents in achiasmatic meiosis of females. Chromosome Research 11: 681-694.
Marec F. (2003) Cytogenetic and evolutionary analysis of sex chromosomes in Lepidoptera. In: Abstracts, International Symposium on Topics of Insect Chromosome Research, 28 March 2003, at The 73rd Congress of Japanese Society of Sericological Science, 28-29 March 2003, Tokyo, Japan.
Sahara K., Marec F., Eickhoff U., Traut W. (2003) Moth sex chromatin probed by comparative genomic hybridization (CGH). Genome 46: 339-342.
Mandrioli M., Manicardi G.C., Marec F. (2003) Cytogenetic and molecular characterization of the MBSAT1 satellite DNA in holokinetic chromosomes of the cabbage moth, Mamestra brassicae (Lepidoptera). Chromosome Research 11: 51-56.
Marec F. (2002) Telomeres of insect chromosomes. Program and Abstracts of Czech Republic-Taiwan New Entomological Techniques Cooperation and Development Symposium, November 25-28, 2002, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, p. 24.
Vitkova M., Kral J., Traut W., Marec F. (2002) A search for the origin of TTAGG repeats, the ancestral motif of chromosomal ends in insects. In: Abstracts, VIIth European Congress of Entomology, 7-13 October 2002, Thessaloniki, Greece, p. 134.
Marec F., Vitkova M., Grossmann P., Trubac P., Frydrychova R. (2002) The occurrence of TTAGG telomeric repeats in insects and entognathous hexapods. In: Abstracts, VIIth European Congress of Entomology, 7-13 October 2002, Thessaloniki, Greece, p. 99.
Sahara K., Yoshido A., Marec F., Traut W., Abe H., Mita K., Oshiki T., Shimada T., Yasukochi Y., Asano S., Band H. (2002) Approaches to chromosome identification in the silkworm. In: Proceedings of The First International Workshop of Lepidoptera Genomics, 30 September - 3 October 2002, Tsukuba, Japan, 2 pages.
Marec F (2002) Chromosomal princile of inherited sterility in Lepidoptera. In: Resúmenes, V Congreso Argentino de Entomologia, 18-22 March 2002, Buenos Aires, Argentina, pp. 25-26.
Tothová A., Marec F. (2002) Resistance of Lepidoptera to ionizing radiation - Chromosomal mechanisms of induced F1 sterility. In: Abstracts, International Symposium on Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Animals, Varanasi, India, 26 February - 2 March 2001, p. 65.
Frydrychová R., Marec F. (2002) Repeated losses of TTAGG telomere repeats in evolution of beetles (Coleoptera). Genetica 115: 179-187.
Marec F., Tothová A., Sahara K., Traut W. (2001) Meiotic pairing of sex chromosome fragments and its relation to atypical transmission of a sex-linked marker in Ephestia kuehniella (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Heredity 87: 659-671.
Tothová A., Marec F. (2001) Chromosomal mechanism contributing to a high resistance od Lepidoptera to ionizing radiation. In: C. Stoll (ed.) Poster, Third European cytogenetics conference, June 7-10, 2001, Paris, France, Annales de Génétique 44, Suppl. 1: s23-s162, poster no. 3-491.
Marec F., Sahara K., Traut W. (2001) Sex chromosomes in Ephestia kuehniella (Insecta, Lepidoptera) tolerate a telomere loss. In: C. Stoll (ed.) Poster, Third European cytogenetics conference, June 7-10, 2001, Paris, France, Annales de Génétique 44, Suppl. 1, s23-s162, poster no. 3-491.
Frydrychová R., Marec F. (2001) TTAGG repeats of insect telomeres do not respect phylogenetic relationships in beetles (Coleoptera). In: C. Stoll (ed.) Poster, Third European cytogenetics conference, June 7-10, 2001, Paris, France, Annales de Génétique 44, Suppl. 1, s23-s162, poster no.1-018.
Sahara K., Marec F., Eickhoff U., Traut W. (2001) Molecular composition of the W chromatin in some moth species studied by comparative genomic hybridization (CGH). In: M. Schmid, M. Guttenbach, R. Benavente, C. Steinleid (eds.) Abstracts of 14th International chromosome conference, September 4-8, 2001, Wurzburg, Germany. Chromosome Research 9, Suppl. 1: p. 78, poster no. P37.
Marec F., Vítková M., Grossmann P., Trubač P., Frydrychová R. (2001) Phylogeny of TTAGG telomeric repeats in insects. In: M. Schmid, M. Guttenbach, R. Benavente, C. Steinleid (eds.) Abstracts of 14th International chromosome conference, September 4-8, 2001, Wurzburg, Germany. Chromosome Research 9, Suppl. 1, p. 113, poster no. P106.
Weeks A.R., Marec F., Breeuwer J.A.J. (2001) A mite species that consists entirely of haploid females. Science 292: 2479-2482.
Tothová A., Marec F. (2001) Chromosomal principle of radiation-induced F1 sterility in Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Genome 44: 172-184.
Marec F., Kollarová I., Jegorov A. (2001) Mutagenicity of natural anthraquinones from Rubia tinctorum in the Drosophila wing spot test. Planta Medica 67: 127-131.
Buzila R.M., Marec F. (2000) Conservative chromosome number in the Cholevidae family of cave beetles. Mémoires de Biospéologie 27: 21-23.
Bloem S., Carpenter J. E., Marec F., Bloem K. A. (2000) Successfully managing Lepidopteran pests with genetic methods: the future is now. In: D. L. Gazzoni (ed.) Abstract book XXI. International Congress of Entomology, August 20-26, 2000, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil. Abstract p. 563.
Traut W., Sahara K., Otto T. D., Marec F. (1999) Molecular differentiation of sex chromosomes probed by comparative genomic hybridization. Chromosoma 108: 173-180.
Sahara K., Marec F., Traut W. (1999) TTAGG telomeric repeats in chromosomes of some insects and other arthropods. Chromosome Research 7: 449-460.
Marec F., Kollárová I., Pavelka J. (1999) Radiation-induced inherited sterility combined with a genetic sexing system in Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 92: 250-259.
Matolín S., Marec F. (1998) Embryonic sex-linked recessive lethal mutations in Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 62: 125-134.
Marec F., Koudelová J. (1998) Effect of gamma-rays on inherited sterility and sperm transfer in Ephestia kuehniella with genetic sexing applied. In: Abstracts, FAO/IAEA International Conference on Area-Wide pest Control, May 28 - June 2, 1998, Penang, Malysia. Abstract 1 p.
Marec F. (1998) Genetic techniques in insect pest control: an overview. In: Abstracts, FAO/IAEA International Conference on Area-Wide Pest Control, May 28 - June 2, 1998, Penang, Malaysia. Abstract p. 40.
Sahara K., Marec F., Traut W. (1998) Identification of W chromosomes in Lepidoptera by comparative genome hybridization. In: International Symposium on Genomics and Proteomics - Functional and Computational Aspects and Annual Meeting of the GfG, October 4-7, 1998, Heidelberg, Germany. Abstracts, Vol. 6, poster.
Traut W., Sahara K., Marec F. (1998) Sex-chromosome univalents identified by comparative genome hybridization. In: Olmo E. (ed.), 13th International Chromosome Conference, September 8-12, 1998, Ancona, Italy. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetic 81: 91-168. Poster No. P36, pp. 115.
Marec F. (1998) Making use of sex chromosomes in insect pest control. In: Brunnhofer V., Soldán T. (eds.) Book of Abstracts, VIth European Congress of Entomology, August 23-29, 1998. České Budějovice, Czech Republic. Abstract pp. 147-148.
Marec F., Novák K. (1998) Absence of sex chromatin corresponds with a sex-chromosome univalent in females of Trichoptera. European Journal of Entomology 95: 197-209.
Mráček Z., Bečvář S. (1997) Mapping of the entomopathogenic nematodes from the families Heterorhabditidae and Steinernematidae in the Czech republic. Proceedings of the Sixth Czech and Slovak Helmithological Days, Dolní Věstonice, April 14-17, 1997 Helminthologia 34: 182..
Wolf K.W., Novák K., Marec F. (1997) Kinetic organization of metaphase I bivalents in spermatogenesis of Lepidoptera and Trichoptera species with small chromosome numbers. Heredity 79: 135-143.
Traut W., Marec F. (1997) Sex chromosome differentiation in some species of Lepidoptera (Insecta). Chromosome Research 5: 283-291.
Marec F., Pavelka J., Koudelová J., Křivan V., Cook P.A. (1996) Suppresion of model populations of Ephestia kuehniella by releasing males balanced for two sex-linked recessive lethal mutations. In: Working Material, First FAO/IAEA Research Coordination Meeting on Evaluation of Population Suppression by Irradiated Lepidoptera, 24-28 April 1995, Jakarta, Indonesia. IAEA, Vienna, pp. 39-51.
Marec F., Kollárová I., Pavelka J., Koudelová J., Cook P.A. (1996) Gamma-ray induction of inherited sterility in Ephestia kuehniella males produced by genetic sexing. FAO/IAEA Co-ordinated Research Programme held in Vienna, Austria, pp.48-49.
Marec F. (1996) Synaptonemal complexes in insects. International Journal of Insect Morphology & Embryology 25: 205-233.
Pavelka J., Kulikov A.M., Marec F. (1996) Suppression of the Drosophila Curly mutation by fluorescent light. Hereditas 124: 191-197.
Traut W., Marec F. (1996) Sex chromatin in Lepidoptera. The Quarterly Review of Biology 71: 239-256.
Marec F. (1995) Chromatin organization and the length of synaptonemal complex complements in relation to genome size. In: Abstracts, 12th International Chromosome Conference, Madrid (Spain) 1995. Chromosome Research, Vol. 3, Suppl. 1, Poster no. 247, p. 117.
Marec F., Gelbič I. (1994) High recombinagenic activities of three antiviral agents, adenine derivatives, in the Drosophila wing spot test. Mutation Research 311: 305-317.
Marec F., Traut W. (1994) Sex chromosome pairing and sex chromatin bodies in W-Z translocation strains of Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera). Genome 37: 426-435.
Marec F., Traut W. (1993) Analysis of structural rearrangements of Lepidoptera chromosomes using the centrifugation spreading technique. In: Howard-Kitto P., Kelleher R.F. & Ramesh G.V. (eds.) Management of Insect Pests: Nuclear and Related Molecular and Genetic Techniques, Vienna 1992. IAEA, Vienna, pp. 243-250.
Marec F., Traut W. (1993) Synaptonemal complexes in female and male meiotic prophase of Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera). Heredity 71: 394-404.
Marec F., Leutelt J., Traut W., Wolf K.W. (1993) Visualization of polyfusomes in gonads of a moth, Ephestia kuehniella Z. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), by a microspreading technique and electron microscopy. International Journal of Insect Morphology & Embryology 22: 487-496.
Marec F. (1993) Meiotic behaviour of gamma-ray-induced chromosomal fragments in a moth, Ephestia kuehniella. In: Book of Abstracts, XXIIIrd Annual Meeting of ESNA and 3rd German Meeting on Food Irradiation, Halle (Germany) 1993. SozEp-Hefte, Berlin, 4/93, pp. 188.
Pavelka J., Křivan V., Marec F. (1993) Genetic control of model populations of Ephestia kuehniella using balanced lethal males - a preliminary report. In: Book of Abstracts, XXIIIrd Annual Meeting of ESNA and 3rd German Meeting on Food Irradiation, Halle (Germany) 1993. SozEp-Hefte, Berlin, 4/93, pp. 187.
Wang Y.X., Marec F., Traut W. (1993) The synaptonemal complex complement of the wax moth, Galleria mellonella. Hereditas 118: 113-119.
Wolf K. W., Novák K., Marec F. (1992) Chromosome structure in spermatogenesis of Anabolia furcata (Trichoptera). Genome 35: 46-52.
Marec F., Sehnal F. (1991) Genetické metody boje s hmyzem a využití genových manipulací. In: Hrdý I. a kol. (eds) Biopesticidy v zemědělství. Ministerstvo zemědělství ČR, Praha, pp. 103-107.
Marec F. (1991) Genetic control of pest Lepidoptera: Construction of a balanced lethal strain in Ephestia kuehniella. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 61: 271-283.
Landa V., Šula J., Marec F., Maťha V., Soldán T. (1991) Methods for assessing exposure of insects. In: Tardiff R.G. & Goldstein B. (eds) Methods for Assessing Exposure of Human and Non-Human Biota. SCOPE, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, New York, pp. 249-266.
Tykva R., Kahovcová J., Bennettová B., Socha R., Marec F., Žďárek J., Němec V., 8 other authors (1990) Research on the mode of biological action of nontraditional pesticide representatives with vicinal bromoalkoxy group in the molecule. In: Seventh International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry, Hamburg 1990. Pp. 373 (Abstract).
Marec F. (1990) Construction of balanced lethal strains for genetic control of Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). In: Borkovec V. (ed.) XXIst Annual Meeting of ESNA, Košice 1990, Book of Abstracts. VŠZ Brno, pp. 145..
Marec F., Shvedov A.N. (1990) Yellow-eye, a new pigment mutation in Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Hereditas 113: 97-100.
Marec F. (1990) Genetic control of pest Lepidoptera: Induction of sex-linked recessive lethal mutations in Ephestia kuehniella (Pyralidae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 87: 445-458.
Socha R., Marec F. (1990) Comments on safety of methoprene. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 196: 1908-1909.
Marec F., Mirchi R. (1990) Genetic control of the pest Lepidoptera: Gamma-ray induction of translocations between sex chromosomes of Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Journal of Stored Products Research 26: 109-116.
Gelbič I., Marec F. (1990) High recombinogenic activity of some nucleoside analogues in the Drosophila wing spot test. In: Ország I. (ed.) Second International Congress of Dipterology, Bratislava 1990, Abstract Volume. Vydavatelstvo SAV, Bratislava, pp. 67.
Marec F. (1989) Genetic control of pest Lepidoptera after the Strunnikov's scheme: Isolation of gamma-rays induced translocations between sex-chromosomes of Ephestia kuehniella. In: XXth Annual Meeting of ESNA, Book of Abstracts, Lunteren/Wageningen 1989 (The Netherlands), pp. 104.
Socha R., Marec F. (1989) Genotoxicity of the anti-juvenile hormone agent precocene II as revealed by the Drosophila wing spot test. Mutagenesis 3: 216-220.
Marec F., Maťha V., Weiser J. (1989) Analysis of the genotoxic activity of Bacillus thuringiensis beta-exotoxin by means of the Drosophila wing spot test. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 53: 347-353.
Marec F. (1989) Induction of sex-linked recessive lethal mutations in Ephestia kuehniella Zeller. In: M.Tonner, T. Soldán & B. Bennettová eds. Regulation of Insect Reproduction IV, Žinkovy 1987, Czech Republic, pp. 347-354.
Marec F., Mirchi R. (1988) Indukcija i vydělenije translokacij meždu polovymi chromosomami melničnoj ognëvki. In: Ondráček J., Marec F. (eds.) Genetičeskije i fizičeskije metody borby s vrednymi členistonogimi, České Budějovice 1988, Inst. Entomol. ČSAV, pp. 27-36.
Marec F. (1988) Použití genetických metod v boji proti skladištním zavíječům. In: Nové metody ochrany produktů zemědělsko-potravinářského komplexu, České Budějovice 1988, TZ 73 Nymburg, pp. 85-89.
Marec F., Maťha V., Weiser J., Kandybin N.V., Barbaševa N.M. (1988) Izučenije mutagennogo dějstvija beta-ekzotoksina. In: Persistěntnost i effektivnost insekticidnych mikroorganizmov v biocenozach, Poznaň 1987, Institut zaščity rastěnij, Poznaň, pp. 31-37.
Socha R., Marec F., Gelbič I. (1988) Analysis of the genotoxic activities of 3 juvenile hormone analogues by the Drosophila wing spot test. Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 85: 249-256.
Marec F. (1988) Study of genetic pest control in Ephestia kuehniella. EPS IOBC 22: 22-26.
Marec F. (1987) "Black distal area", a new mutation affecting wing pattern of Ehestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Journal of Stored Products Research 23: 17-20.
Marec F., Socha R., Gelbič I. (1987) Mutagenicity testing of the juvenoid methoprene (ZR-515) by means of the Drosophila wing spot test. Mutation Research 188: 209-214.
Marec F., Socha R. (1987) Dose-response analysis of data obtained in the Drosophila wing spot test after ethyl methanesulfonate treatment. Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 84: 401-407.
Marec F. (1985) Využití genetických metod k potlačování hmyzích škůdců. In: Integrovaný způsob boje proti skladištním škůdcům, Český Krumlov 1985, Dům techniky ČSVTS, České Budějovice, pp. 21-27.
Marec F., Ondráček J., Brunnhofer V. (1985) The effect of repeated microwave irradiation on the frequency of sex-linked recessive lethal mutations in Drosophila melanogaster. Mutation Research 157: 163-167.
