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Petr Bureš is an Associate Professor in Botany at Masaryk University. He is Head of the Plant Biosystematics Working Group. His research is focused on various aspects of plant evolution such as interspecific hybridization, evolution of holocentric chromosomes (not only in plants), adaptive evolution of genome size, evolutionary consequences of centromere drive. His scientific interests include also classical plant taxonomy - especially the genera Cirsium and Eleocharis. Among the questions underlying his research belong: Why some species hybridize very frequently in nature, while others never or rarely (although they have plenty of opportunities to hybridize)? Does natural interspecific hybridization have any impact on the traits of frequently hybridizing species? Was the increased resistance of the holocentric chromosomes to the clastogenic effects of radiation the reason why organisms with this type of chromosomes were among the first colonizers of land half a billion years ago? Can the competition of homologous chromosomes for survival during female gametogenesis affect the extreme divergence in the size of chromosomes and genomes of angiosperms? He is the author or co-author of more than 90 scientific papers or book-chapters. He supervised more than 65 bachelor, master, and doctoral students. He is a guarantor of the Master study program Botany in Masaryk University. He has a basic lecture on the phylogeny and diversity of land plants but he also has lectures on the history of biological sciences or information sources in botany and leads a biosystematic seminar.

Studijní materiály

• Povinné penzum k poznávačce z předmětu Systém a evoluce vyšších rostlin