1. Forensic application of EST-derived STR markers in opium poppy

   • Veronika Mičianová
   • Katarína Ondreičková
   • Ján Kraic

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 587 - 594

2. Phylogeny and maternal donor of Elymus (Triticeae: Poaceae) in China based on chloroplast matK sequences

   • Gang Gao
   • Jiabin Deng
   • Ruiwu Yang

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 595 - 600

3. Isolation and characterization of regulators involved in PHOT1-mediated inhibition of hypocotyl phototropism in Arabidopsis

   • Qing-Ping Zhao
   • Xiang Zhao
   • Xiao Zhang

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 601 - 607

4. Isolation and functional characterization of a Lonicera japonica hydroxycinnamoyl transferase involved in chlorogenic acid synthesis

   • Gaobin Pu
   • Bingqian Zhou
   • Fengning Xiang

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 608 - 618

5. Salt stress resilience potential of a fungal inoculant isolated from tea cultivation area in maize

   • Nuran Durmus
   • Abdullah Muhammed Yesilyurt
   • Sengul Alpay Karaoglu

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 619 - 627

6. Distribution of the genus Veigaia (Mesostigmata: Veigaiidae) in Romania with notes on the species ecology

   • Minodora Manu
   • Adina Călugăr
   • Denisa Badiu

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 628 - 641

7. The effect of grassland management on diversity and composition of ground-dwelling spider assemblages in the Mátra Landscape Protection Area of Hungary

   • Tünde Szmatona-Túri
   • Diána Vona-Túri
   • László Urbán

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 642 - 651

8. Downstream effect of a pumped-storage hydropower plant on river habitat conditions and benthic life — a case study

   • Igor Kokavec
   • Tomáš Navara
   • Ferdinand Šporka

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 652 - 670

9. Parasites as biological tags of divergence in Central European gudgeon populations (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae: Gobioninae)

   • Yuriy Kvach
   • Markéta Ondračková
   • Pavel Jurajda

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 671 - 679

10. Chromosomal characteristics of rDNA in a conserved karyotype of two Sternopygus macrurus (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) populations from upper Paraná River basin

    • Carlos Alexandre Fernandes
    • Lucas Baumgärtner
    • Ana Luiza de Brito Portela-Castro

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 680 - 685

11. Habitat suitability and patterns of sex-biased migration of the Iranian long-legged wood frog, Rana pseudodalmatina (Anura: Ranidae)

    • Masoumeh Najibzadeh
    • Ahmad Gharzi
    • Alireza Pesarakloo

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 686 - 693

12. Blebbistatin induces chondrogenesis of single mesenchymal cells via PI3K/PDK1/mTOR/p70S6K pathway

    • Hyoin Kim
    • Dong Hyun Kim
    • Jong Kyung Sonn

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 694 - 701

13. Direct interaction between troponin and myosin enhances the ATPase activity of heavy meromyosin

    • Nazanin Bohlooli Ghashghaee
    • King-Lun Li
    • Wen-Ji Dong

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 702 - 708