I graduated from the Eötvös Loránd University, at the specialization of Ecology, Evolutionary and Conservation Biology in 2012. Since then I am working in the Lendület Evolutionary Ecology Research group as a PhD student. As a PhD student, I investigated the effects of a common glyphosate-based herbicide on the larval development of amphibians. I conducted ecotoxicological experiments in the lab and in outdoor mesocosms to investigate the changes in survival, body mass, growth rate, and behaviour of Rana dalmatina and Bufo bufo tadpoles in response to the herbicide. I defended my PhD thesis in 2019. Recently I am investigating the lethal and sublethal ecotoxicological effects of two pyrethriod insecticides (deltamethrin and etofenprox) widely used in agriculture and in mosquito control on amphibians. I am also participating in experiments focusing on climate change and environmental pollutants as endocrine disruptors on sexual differentiation in amphibians. Besides this I am taking part in COST Action PERIAMAR (Pesticide Risk Assessment for Amphibians and Reptiles).
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Phone: +36 1 3918608
E-mail: miko.zsanett@atk.hu
Publications
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Bókony V., Kalina C., Ujhegyi N., Mikó Z., Lefler K.K., Vili N., Gál Z., Gabor C.R., Hoffmann O.I. 2024. Does stress make males? An experiment on the role of glucocorticoids in anuran sex reversal. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology 341: 172-181.
Mikó Z., Hettyey A. 2023. Toxicity of POEA-containing glyphosate-based herbicides to amphibians is mainly due to the surfactant, not to the active ingredient. Ecotoxicology 32: 150–159.
Ujszegi J., Bertalan R., Ujhegyi N., Verebélyi V., Nemesházi E., Mikó Z., Kásler A., Herczeg D., Szederkényi M., Vili N., Gál Z., Hoffmann O.I., Bókony V., Hettyey A. 2022. “Heat waves” experienced during larval life have species-specific consequences on life-history traits and sexual development in anuran amphibians. Science of the Total Environment 835: 155297.
Bókony V., Ujhegyi N., Mikó Z., Erös R., Hettyey A., Vili N., Gál Z., Hoffmann O.I., Nemesházi E. 2021. Sex reversal and performance in fitness-related traits during early life in agile frogs. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 745752.
Hull J.J., Brent, C.S., Choi M.-Y., Mikó Z., Fodor J., Fónagy A. 2021. Molecular and functional characterization of pyrokinin-like peptides in the Western tarnished plant bug Lygus hesperus (Hemiptera: Miridae). Insects 12: 914.
Mikó Z., Nemesházi E., Ujhegyi N., Verebélyi V., Ujszegi J., Kásler A., Bertalan R., Vili N., Gál Z., Hoffmann O.I., Hettyey A., Bókony V. 2021. Sex reversal and ontogeny under climate change and chemical pollution: are there interactions between the effects of high temperature and 17α-ethinylestradiol on early development in agile frogs? Environmental Pollution 285: 117464.
Moustafa M.A.M., Fouad E.A., Abdel-Mobdy Y., Hamow K.Á., Mikó Z., Molnár B.P., Fónagy A. 2021. Toxicity and sublethal effects of chlorantraniliprole and indoxacarb on Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 56:115-124.
Nemesházi E., Gál Z., Ujhegyi N., Verebélyi V., Mikó Z., Üveges B., Lefler K.K., Jeffries D.L., Hoffmann O.I., Bókony V. 2020. Novel genetic sex markers reveal high frequency of sex reversal in wild populations of the agile frog (Rana dalmatina) associated with anthropogenic land use. Molecular Ecology 29: 3607-3621.
Bókony V., Verebélyi V., Ujhegyi N., Mikó Zs., Nemesházi E., Szederkényi M., Orf S., Vitányi E., Móricz Á.M. 2020. Effects of two little-studied environmental pollutants on early development in anurans. Environmental Pollution 260: 114078.
Bókony V., Mikó Zs., Móricz Á.M., Krüzselyi D., Hettyey A. 2017. Chronic exposure to a glyphosate-based herbicide makes toad larvae more toxic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B – Biological Sciences 284: 20170493.
Mikó Zs., Ujszegi J., Hettyey A. 2017. Age-dependent changes in sensitivity to a pesticide in tadpoles of the common toad (Bufo bufo). Aquatic Toxicology 187: 48-54.
Mikó Zs., Ujszegi J., Gál Z., Hettyey A. 2017. Effects of a glyphosate-based herbicide and predation threat on the behaviour of agile frog tadpoles. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 140: 96–102.
Mikó Zs., Ujszegi J., Gál Z., Hettyey A. 2017. Standardize or diversify experimental conditions in ecotoxicology? A case study on herbicide toxicity to larvae of two anuran amphibians. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 73: 562–569.
Bókony V., Móricz Á.M., Tóth Zs., Gál Z., Kurali A., Mikó Zs., Pásztor K., Szederkényi M., Tóth Z., Ujszegi J., Üveges B., Krüzselyi D., Capon R.J., Hoi H., Hettyey A. 2016. Variation in chemical defense among natural populations of common toad (Bufo bufo) tadpoles: the role of environmental factors. Journal of Chemical Ecology 42: 329-338.
Ujszegi J., Gál Z., Mikó Zs., Hettyey A. 2016. No effect of a glyphosate-based herbicide on larval dragonflies (Aeshna cyanea) and adult newts (Lissotriton vulgaris) in a laboratory-based experiment. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 62: 355–367.
Ujszegi J., Gál, Z., Mikó Zs., Hettyey A. 2015. No observable effect of a glyphosate-based herbicide on two top predators of temporal water bodies. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 34: 307-313.
Mikó Zs., Ujszegi J., Gál Z., Imrei Z., Hettyey A. 2015. Choice of experimental venue matters in ecotoxicology studies: Comparison of a laboratory-based and an outdoor mesocosm experiment. Aquatic Toxicology 167: 20-30.