Publications
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Lee, K.-Z.; Sommer, R.: Operon structure and trans-splicing in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20 (12), pp. 2098 - 2103 (2003)

Rudel, D.; Sommer, R.: The evolution of developmental mechanisms. Developmental Biology 264 (1), pp. 15 - 37 (2003)

Velicer, G.; Yu, Y.-T.: Evolution of novel cooperative swarming in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Nature 425 (6953), pp. 75 - 78 (2003)

Srinivasan, J.; Sinz, W.; Jesse, T.; Wiggers-Perebolte, L.; Buntjer, J.; van der Meulen, M.; Sommer, R.: An integrated physical and genetic map of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 269 (5), pp. 715 - 722 (2003)

Fiegna, F.; Velicer, G.: Competitive fates of bacterial social parasites: persistence and self-induced extinction of Myxococcus xanthus cheaters. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 270 (1523), pp. 1527 - 1534 (2003)

Velicer, G.: Social strife in the microbial world. Trends in Microbiology 11 (7), pp. 330 - 337 (2003)

Pires-daSilva, A.; Sommer, R.: Finally, worm polycomb-like genes meet Hox regulation. Developmental Cell 4 (6), pp. 770 - 772 (2003)

Lee, K.-Z.; Eizinger, A.; Nandakumar, R.; Schuster, S.; Sommer, R.: Limited microsynteny between the genomes of Pristionchus pacificus and Caenorhabditis elegans. Nucleic Acids Research (London) 31 (10), pp. 2553 - 2560 (2003)

Gutierrez, A.; Knoch, L.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: Functional specificity of the nematode Hox gene mab-5. Development 130 (5), pp. 983 - 993 (2003)

Meinhardt, H.: Complex pattern formation by a self-destabilization of established patterns: chemotactic orientation and phyllotaxis as examples. Comptes Rendus Biologies 326 (2), pp. 223 - 237 (2003)

Pires-daSilva, A.; Sommer, R.: The evolution of signalling pathways in animal development. Nature Reviews Genetics 4 (1), pp. 39 - 49 (2003)

Meinhardt, H.: Pattern Forming Reactions and the Generation of Primary Embryonic Axes. In: Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation in Biological Systems: Experiments and Models, pp. 3 - 19 (Eds. Sekimura, T.; Noji, S.; Ueno, N.; Maini, P.). Springer, Tokyo, Japan (2003)

Meinhardt, H.: Models for pattern formation and the position-specific activation of genes. In: On Growth, Form and Computers, 7, pp. 135 - 155 (Eds. Kumar, S.; Bentley, P.). Academic Press Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2003)

Sommer, R.: Cells and genes as networks in nematode development and evolution. In: Handbook of Graphs and Networks: From the Genome to the Internet, 6, pp. 131 - 144 (Eds. Bornholdt, S.; Schuster, H.). Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany (2003)

Sommer, R.: Genetische Analyse der Entwicklung bei Tieren. Beispiel: Caenorhabditis elegans. In: Lehrbuch der Genetik, 26, pp. 663 - 668 (Ed. Seyffert, W.). Spektrum Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany (2003)

Sommer, R.: Evolution von Entwicklungsprozessen. In: Lehrbuch der Genetik, 28, pp. 723 - 733 (Ed. Seyffert, W.). Spektrum Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany (2003)

Sommer, R.: Caenorhabditis elegans. In: Lehrbuch der Genetik, 38, pp. 987 - 993 (Ed. Seyffert, W.). Spektrum Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany (2003)