TY - JOUR AU - Kun, Ádám AU - Hubai, András Gábor AU - Král, Adrienn AU - Mokos, Judit AU - Mikulecz, Benjámin Áron AU - Radványi, Ádám TI - Do pathogens always evolve to be less virulent? The virulence–transmission trade-off in light of the COVID-19 pandemic JF - BIOLOGIA FUTURA J2 - BIOL FUTURA VL - 74 PY - 2023 SP - 69 EP - 80 PG - 12 SN - 2676-8615 DO - 10.1007/s42977-023-00159-2 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33728071 ID - 33728071 N1 - Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös University, Pázmány Péter Sétány 1/C, Budapest, 1117, Hungary Institute of Evolution, Centre for Ecological Research, Konkoly-Thege M. út 29–33, Budapest, 1121, Hungary Parmenides Centre for the Conceptual Foundation of Science, Parmenides Foundation, Hindenburgstr. 15, Pöcking, 82343, Germany MTA-ELTE Theoretical Biology and Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, Pázmány Péter Sétány 1/C, Budapest, 1117, Hungary Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Reáltanoda Street 13-15, Budapest, 1053, Hungary Centre for Data Science and Digital Development, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Zugligeti út 9–25, Budapest, 1121, Hungary National Laboratory for Health Security, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary Export Date: 21 April 2023 Correspondence Address: Kun, Á.; Department of Plant Systematics, Pázmány Péter Sétány 1/C, Hungary; email: kunadam@elte.hu AB - The direction the evolution of virulence takes in connection with any pathogen is a long-standing question. Formerly, it was theorized that pathogens should always evolve to be less virulent. As observations were not in line with this theoretical outcome, new theories emerged, chief among them the transmission–virulence trade-off hypotheses, which predicts an intermediate level of virulence as the endpoint of evolution. At the moment, we are very much interested in the future evolution of COVID-19’s virulence. Here, we show that the disease does not fulfill all the assumptions of the hypothesis. In the case of COVID-19, a higher viral load does not mean a higher risk of death; immunity is not long-lasting; other hosts can act as reservoirs for the virus; and death as a consequence of viral infection does not shorten the infectious period. Consequently, we cannot predict the short- or long-term evolution of the virulence of COVID-19. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kun, Ádám TI - Is there still evolution in the human population? JF - BIOLOGIA FUTURA J2 - BIOL FUTURA VL - 73 PY - 2022 IS - 4 SP - 359 EP - 374 PG - 16 SN - 2676-8615 DO - 10.1007/s42977-022-00146-z UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33567122 ID - 33567122 N1 - Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary Parmenides Center for the Conceptual Foundations of Science, Pöcking, Germany Institute of Evolution, Centre for Ecological Research, Budapest, Hungary MTA-ELTE Theoretical Biology and Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary MTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary Export Date: 16 January 2023 Correspondence Address: Kun, Á.; Department of Plant Systematics, Hungary; email: kunadam@elte.hu AB - It is often claimed that humanity has stopped evolving because modern medicine erased all selection on survival. Even if that would be true, and it is not, there would be other mechanisms of evolution which could still led to changes in allelic frequencies. Here I show, by applying basic evolutionary genetics knowledge, that we expect humanity to evolve. The results from genome sequencing projects have repeatedly affirmed that there are still recent signs of selection in our genomes. I give some examples of such adaptation. Then I briefly discuss what our evolutionary future has in store for us. © 2023, The Author(s). LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - CHAP AU - Csikós, Gábor AU - Mokos, Judit AU - Fenyvesi, Lilla AU - Törő, Krisztina ED - Csókási, Krisztina ED - Teleki, Szidalisz Ágnes TI - Hullámverések. Magyar családok rezilienciája, stressz-szintje és jólléte a koronavírus-járvány első két hullámában TS - Magyar családok rezilienciája, stressz-szintje és jólléte a koronavírus-járvány első két hullámában T2 - Sorsunk- jelenünk PB - Akadémiai Kiadó CY - Budapest SN - 9789634548294 PY - 2022 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33133911 ID - 33133911 LA - Hungarian DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Mokos, Judit AU - Scheuring, István AU - Liker, András AU - Freckleton, Robert P. AU - Székely, Tamás TI - Degree of anisogamy is unrelated to the intensity of sexual selection JF - SCIENTIFIC REPORTS J2 - SCI REP VL - 11 PY - 2021 IS - 1 SN - 2045-2322 DO - 10.1038/s41598-021-02778-y UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32525313 ID - 32525313 N1 - MTA‑ELTE Theoretical Biology and Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary Institute of Evolution, Centre for Ecological Research, Budapest, Hungary MTA‑PE Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary Behavioral Ecology Research Group, Center for Natural Science, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary Export Date: 18 November 2022 Correspondence Address: Székely, T.; Department of Biology and Biochemistry, United Kingdom; email: T.Szekely@bath.ac.uk LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Mokos, Judit AU - Scheuring, István AU - Liker, András AU - Freckleton, Robert P. AU - Székely, Tamás TI - Degree of anisogamy is unrelated to the intensity of sexual selection JF - SCIENTIFIC REPORTS J2 - SCI REP VL - 11 PY - 2021 IS - 1 PG - 11 SN - 2045-2322 DO - 10.1038/s41598-021-98616-2 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32259880 ID - 32259880 N1 - MTA-ELTE Theoretical Biology and Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary Institute of Evolution, Centre for Ecological Research, Budapest, Hungary MTA-PE Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary Behavioral Ecology Research Group, Center for Natural Science, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary Cited By :2 Export Date: 18 November 2022 Correspondence Address: Székely, T.; Department of Biology and Biochemistry, United Kingdom; email: T.Szekely@bath.ac.uk AB - Males and females often display different behaviours and, in the context of reproduction, these behaviours are labelled sex roles. The Darwin–Bateman paradigm argues that the root of these differences is anisogamy (i.e., differences in size and/or function of gametes between the sexes) that leads to biased sexual selection, and sex differences in parental care and body size. This evolutionary cascade, however, is contentious since some of the underpinning assumptions have been questioned. Here we investigate the relationships between anisogamy, sexual size dimorphism, sex difference in parental care and intensity of sexual selection using phylogenetic comparative analyses of 64 species from a wide range of animal taxa. The results question the first step of the Darwin–Bateman paradigm, as the extent of anisogamy does not appear to predict the intensity of sexual selection. The only significant predictor of sexual selection is the relative inputs of males and females into the care of offspring. We propose that ecological factors, life-history and demography have more substantial impacts on contemporary sex roles than the differences of gametic investments between the sexes. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Vörös, Dániel AU - Könnyű, Balázs AU - Czárán, Tamás TI - Catalytic promiscuity in the RNA World may have aided the evolution of prebiotic metabolism JF - PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY J2 - PLOS COMPUT BIOL VL - 17 PY - 2021 IS - 1 SN - 1553-734X DO - 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008634 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31847384 ID - 31847384 N1 - Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary Evolutionary Systems Research Group, ELKH Centre for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary ELKH-ELTE Theoretical Biology and Evolutionary Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary Institute of Evolution, ELKH Centre for Ecological Research, Budapest, Hungary Export Date: 20 April 2022 Correspondence Address: Czárán, T.; Evolutionary Systems Research Group, Hungary; email: tamas.czaran@gmail.com LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Antal, Miklós AU - Plank, Barbara AU - Mokos, Judit AU - Wiedenhofer, Dominik TI - Is working less really good for the environment? A systematic review of the empirical evidence for resource use, greenhouse gas emissions and the ecological footprint JF - ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS J2 - ENVIRON RES LETT VL - 16 PY - 2021 PG - 19 SN - 1748-9326 DO - 10.1088/1748-9326/abceec UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31801416 ID - 31801416 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Hungarian Academy of SciencesHungarian Academy of Sciences [95245]; BOKU Vienna Open Access Publishing Fund Funding text: We thank Stanislav Andres, Thiago Guimaraes, Alexandra Halmos, Andrea Karacsony, Bence Lukacs and Giulio Mattioli for useful discussions. Funding to Miklos Antal was provided through the Lendulet grant (95245) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. This publication is part of the project '28h per week: the mobility and energy implications of working time reduction in Germany', which is funded and scientifically supervised by the Mobile Lives Forum, as part of its research program on the mobility transition. The Mobile Lives Forum is a research and prospective institute created by SNCF. Open access funding has been provided by the BOKU Vienna Open Access Publishing Fund. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Adamski, P AU - Eleveld, M AU - Sood, A AU - Kun, Ádám AU - Szilágyi, András AU - Czárán, Tamás AU - Szathmáry, Eörs AU - Otto, S TI - From self-replication to replicator systems en route to de novo life JF - NATURE REVIEWS CHEMISTRY J2 - NAT REV CHEM VL - 4 PY - 2020 IS - 8 SP - 386 EP - 403 PG - 18 SN - 2397-3358 DO - 10.1038/s41570-020-0196-x UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31802956 ID - 31802956 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Csontos, Péter AU - Tamás, Júlia AU - Bakos, F. Andreász AU - Papp, Mónika AU - Laki, Nóra AU - Rózsa, Zoltán TI - Hagyományos módoon kezelt gyep a budapesti "Hegyvidék" (XII. kerület) lakóövezetében. a biodiverzitás növelését célzó kísérlet. A Magyar Biológiai Társaság, Botanikai Szakosztály, 1499. szakülésének kivonata TS - a biodiverzitás növelését célzó kísérlet. A Magyar Biológiai Társaság, Botanikai Szakosztály, 1499. szakülésének kivonata JF - BOTANIKAI KÖZLEMÉNYEK J2 - BOTANIKAI KÖZL VL - 107 PY - 2020 IS - 2 SP - 252 PG - 1 SN - 0006-8144 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31778824 ID - 31778824 LA - Hungarian DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kovács, Zsófia AU - Höhn, Mária Margit AU - Csontos, Péter TI - Az ex situ konzerváció lehetőségei és korlátai, nemzetközi és hazai példák bemutatásával. Magyar Biológiai Társaság, Botanikai Szakosztály, 1499. szakülésének kivonata TS - Magyar Biológiai Társaság, Botanikai Szakosztály, 1499. szakülésének kivonata JF - BOTANIKAI KÖZLEMÉNYEK J2 - BOTANIKAI KÖZL VL - 107 PY - 2020 IS - 2 SP - 250 SN - 0006-8144 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31744284 ID - 31744284 LA - Hungarian DB - MTMT ER -