Curriculum Vitae

Herklotz, V.*, Zhang, M.*, Nascimento, T.*, Kalfusová, R., Lunerová, J., Fuchs, J., Harpke, D., Huettel, B., Pfordt, U., Wissemann, V., Kovařík, A.#, Marques, A.§,#, Ritz, C.M.# (2025) Bimodal centromeres in pentaploid dogroses shed light on their unique meiosis. Nature 643, 148–157. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09171-z 

Oyundelger, K., Großmann, L., Herklotz, V., Harpke, D., Batlai, O., Wesche, K., & Ritz, C. M. (2024). Relationship Between Genetic and Phenotypic Variations in Natural Populations of Perennial and Biennial Sagebrush. Ecology and Evolution, 14(10), e70419

Kalfusová R., Herklotz V., Kumke K., Houben A., Kovařík A., Ritz C.M., Lunerová J. (2024), Epigenetic histone H3 phosphorylation marks discriminate between univalent- and bivalent-forming chromosomes during canina asymmetrical meiosis, Annals of Botany, Volume 133, Issue 3, 1 March 2024, Pages 435–446, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad198

Makuch W.A., Wanke S., Ditsch B., Richter F., Herklotz V., Ahlborn J. and Ritz C.M. (2023) Population genetics and plant growth experiments as prerequisite for conservation measures of the rare European aquatic plant Luronium natans (Alismataceae). Front. Plant Sci. 13:1069842. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1069842

Reichel K., Herklotz V., Smolka A., Nybom H., Kellner A., De Riek J., et al. (2023) Untangling the hedge: Genetic diversity in clonally and sexually transmitted genomes of European wild roses, Rosa L. PLoS ONE 18(10): e0292634. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292634

Khurelpurev O., Harpke D., Herklotz V., Troeva E., Zheng Z., Li, Z., Batlai O., Wagner V., Wesche W., Ritz C.M. (2022), Phylogeography of Artemisia frigida (Anthemideae, Asteraceae) based on genotyping‐by‐sequencing and plastid DNA data: Migration through Beringia, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Volume 35, Issue 1, 1 January 2022, Pages 64–80, https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13960

Khurelpurev, O., Herklotz, V., Harpke, D., Batlai, O., Wesche, K., Ritz, C.M. (2021) Contrasting effects of local environment and grazing pressure on genetic diversity and structure of Artemisia frigida. Conservation Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01375-w.

Buschmann S., Schriefer J., Bölke N., Herklotz V., Neinhuis C., Olbricht K., Ritz C.M., Origin, structure and genetic diversity of synanthropic populations of Fragaria moschata in Germany, Flora, Volume 275, 2021, 151762, ISSN 0367-2530,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2021.151762

Herklotz V., Kovařík A., Wissemann V., Lunerová J., Vozárová R., Buschmann S., Olbricht K., Groth M. and Ritz C.M. (2021) Power and Weakness of Repetition – Evaluating the Phylogenetic Signal From Repeatomes in the Family Rosaceae With Two Case Studies From Genera Prone to Polyploidy and Hybridization (Rosa and Fragaria). Front. Plant Sci. 12:738119. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.738119

Lorenz, J., Heinrich, R., Schneider, A., Schwager, M., Herklotz, V., Wesche, K., Ritz, C.M. (2021) Invasive populations of Spiraea tomentosa (Rosaceae) are genetically diverse but shrinking under increasing canopy cover. Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13275

Vozárová, R., Herklotz, V., Kovařík, A., Tynkevich, Y.O., Volkov, R.V., Ritz, C.M. and Lunerová, J. (2021) Ancient Origin of Two 5S rDNA Families Dominating in the Genus Rosa and Their Behavior in the Canina-Type Meiosis. Frontiers in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.643548

Lunerová, J., Herklotz, V., Laudien, M., Vozárová, R., Groth, M., Kovařík, A., Ritz, C.M. (2020) Asymmetrical canina meiosis is accompanied by the expansion of a pericentromeric satellite in non-recombining univalent chromosomes in the genus Rosa. – Annals of Botany 125 (7): 1025-1038. doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa028

Loots, S., Ritz, C.M., Schwager, M., Sehic, J., Herklotz, V., Garkava-Gustavsson, L. (2019) Distribution, habitat profile and genetic variability of Namibian succulent Lithops ruschiorum. – Bothalia 49 (1), a2408. https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v49i1.2408

Herklotz, V., Kovařík, A.; Lunerová, J., Lippitsch, S., Groth, M., Ritz, C.M. (2018) The fate of ribosomal RNA genes in spontaneous polyploid dogrose hybrids (Rosa L. sect. Caninae (DC.) Ser.) exhibiting non-symmetrical meiosis. – Plant Journal 91 (1): 77-90.

Herklotz, V., Mieder, N., Ritz, C. M. (2017) Cytological, genetic and morphological variation in mixed stands of dogroses (Rosa sect. Caninae, Rosaceae) in Germany with a focus on the hybridogenic R. micrantha. – Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 184: 254-271.

Lesemann, S.S., Bölke, N., Tejeda-Fernandez, C.E., Gerischer, U., Buschmann, S., Herklotz, V., Neinhuis, C., Ritz, C.M., Olbricht, K. (2017) Fruit diversity in a natural European habitat of Fragaria moschata Weston. – Acta Hort. 1156 ISHS: 215-222.

Herklotz, V., Ritz, C.M. (2017) Multiple and asymmetric origin of polyploid dogrose hybrids (Rosa L. sect. Caninae (DC.) Ser.) involving unreduced gametes. – Ann. Bot. 120(2):209-220.

Vogt, J.C., Herklotz, V., Ritz, C.M. (2015). Epigenetic patterns in genetically imbalanced polyploid dogrose hybrids (Rosa L. sect. Caninae (DC.) Ser.) revealed by cDNA-AFLPs and MSAPs. – Int. J. Pl. Sci. 176:433-445.

Herklotz, V., Ritz, C.M. (2014) Spontane Hybridisierung von Hundsrosen (Rosa L. sect. Caninae (DC). Ser.) an einem natürlichen Vorkommen in der Oberlausitz (Sachsen, Deutschland). – Peckiana 9: 119-131.