Mayer, M.; Sommer, R.: Natural variation in Pristionchus pacificus dauer formation reveals cross-preference rather than self-preference of nematode dauer pheromones. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1719), S. 2784 - 2790 (2011)

Sommer, R.; Ogawa, A.: Hormone signaling and phenotypic plasticity in nematode development and evolution. Current Biology 21 (18), S. R758 - R766 (2011)

Molnar, R.; Bartelmes, G.; Dinkelacker, I.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: Mutation rates and intraspecific divergence of the mitochondrial genome of Pristionchus pacificus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28 (8), S. 2317 - 2326 (2011)

Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Computational archaeology of the Pristionchus pacificus genome reveals evidence of horizontal gene transfers from insects. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11, 239 (2011)

Yoon, W.; Meinhardt, H.; Montell, D.: miRNA-mediated feedback inhibition of JAK/STAT morphogen signalling establishes a cell fate threshold. Nature Cell Biology 13 (9), S. 1062 - 1069 (2011)

Wang, X.; Sommer, R.: Antagonism of LIN-17/Frizzled and LIN-18/Ryk in nematode vulva induction reveals evolutionary alterations in core developmental pathways. PLoS Biology 9 (7), e1001110 (2011)

Lau, S.; De Smet, I.; Kolb, M.; Meinhardt, H.; Jürgens, G.: Auxin triggers a genetic switch. Nature Cell Biology 13 (5), S. 611 - 615 (2011)

McGaughran, A.; Stevens, M.; Hogg, I.; Carapelli, A.: Extreme Glacial Legacies: A Synthesis of the Antarctic Springtail Phylogeographic Record. Insects 2 (2), S. 62 - 82 (2011)

Ogawa, A.; Bento, G.; Bartelmes, G.; Dieterich, C.; Sommer, R.: Pristionchus pacificus daf-16 is essential for dauer formation but dispensable for mouth form dimorphism. Development 138 (7), S. 1281 - 1284 (2011)

Rae, R.; Sommer, R.: Bugs don't make worms kill. The Journal of Experimental Biology 2014 (6), S. 1053 (2011)

Mayer, W.; Schuster, L.; Bartelmes, G.; Dieterich, C.; Sommer, R.: Horizontal gene transfer of microbial cellulases into nematode genomes is associated with functional assimilation and gene turnover. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11, 13 (2011)

Sommer, R.; Streit, A.: Comparative genetics and genomics of nematodes: genome structure, development, and lifestyle. Annual Review of Genetics 45, S. 1 - 20 (2011)

Weller, A.: The wet plate protocol: an efficient way to obtain dauer larvae. The Worm Breeder’s Gazette 18 (3) (2010)

Rae, R.; Iatsenko, I.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: A subset of naturally isolated Bacillus strains show extreme virulence to the free‐living nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus. Environmental Microbiology 12 (11), S. 3007 - 3021 (2010)

Nemetschke, L.; Eberhardt, A.; Hertzberg, H.; Streit, A.: Genetics, chromatin diminution, and sex chromosome evolution in the parasitic nematode genus Strongyloides. Current Biology 20 (19), S. 1687 - 1696 (2010)

Bento, G.; Ogawa, A.; Sommer, R.: Co-option of the hormone-signalling module dafachronic acid-DAF-12 in nematode evolution. Nature 466 (7305), S. 494 - 497 (2010)

Rae, R.; Tourna, M.; Wilson, M.: The slug parasitic nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita associates with complex and variable bacterial assemblages that do not affect its virulence. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 104 (3), S. 222 - 226 (2010)

Borchert, N.; Dieterich, C.; Krug, K.; Schütz, W.; Jung, S.; Nordheim, A.; Sommer, R.; Macek, B.: Proteogenomics of Pristionchus pacificus reveals distinct proteome structure of nematode models. Genome Research 20 (6), S. 837 - 846 (2010)

Weller, A.; Mayer, W.; Rae, R.; Sommer, R.: Quantitative assessment of the nematode fauna present on Geotrupes dung beetles reveals species-rich communities with a heterogeneous distribution. Journal of Parasitology 96 (3), S. 525 - 531 (2010)

Herrmann, M.; Kienle, S.; Rochat, J.; Mayer, W.; Sommer, R.: Haplotype diversity of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus on Réunion in the Indian Ocean suggests multiple independent invasions. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100 (1), S. 170 - 179 (2010)