Publications
_{Integrative Evolutionary Biology}

Gutierrez, A.; Sommer, R.: Evolution of dnmt-2 and mbd-2-like genes in the free-living nematodes Pristionchus pacificus, Caenorhabditis elegans and Caenorhabditis briggsae. Nucleic Acids Research (London) 32 (21), pp. 6388 - 6396 (2004)

Kenning, C.; Kipping, I.; Sommer, R.: Isolation of mutations with dumpy-like phenotypes and of collagen genes in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Genesis 40 (3), pp. 176 - 183 (2004)

Meinhardt, H.: Symmetry breaking in the left-right pattern and why vertebrates are better off. Bioessays 26 (11), p. 1260 (2004)

Meinhardt, H.: Models for the generation of the embryonic body axes: ontogenetic and evolutionary aspects. Opinion in Genetics & Development 14 (4), pp. 446 - 454 (2004)

Meinhardt, H.: Different strategies for midline formation in bilaterians. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5 (6), pp. 502 - 510 (2004)

Pires-daSilva, A.; Sommer, R.: Conservation of the global sex determination gene tra-1 in distantly related nematodes. Genes and Development 18 (10), pp. 1198 - 1208 (2004)

Srinivasan, J.; Otto, G.; Kahlow, U.; Geisler, R.; Sommer, R.: AppaDB: an AcedB database for the nematode satellite organism Pristionchus pacificus. Nucleic Acids Research (London) 32 (Database issue), pp. D421 - D422 (2004)

Sommer, R.: Evolution of nematode development: how cells and genes change their function. In: Modularity in development and evolution, pp. 414 - 428 (Eds. Schlosser, G.; wagner, G.). Chicago University Press, Chicago, IL, USA (2004)

Herrmann, M.; Mayer, W.; Sommer, R.: Diplogastrid Nematodes on Scarab-Beetles: Association and Co-Evolution. In VI Reunión Latinoamericana de Scarabaeoidología. VI Reunión Latinoamericana de Scarabaeoidología, Mercedes, Costa Rica, October 10, 2004 - October 16, 2004. (2004)

Herrmann, M.; Mayer, W.; Sommer, R.: Diplogastrid nematodes on beetles: diversity in a limited habitat. In 7. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, p. 31. 7. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS 2004), Stuttgart, Germany, September 14, 2004 - September 17, 2004. (2004)

Rudel, D.; Riebesell, M.; Sommer, R.: Gonadogenesis in P. pacificus and the comparative development of organs. In Developmental Biology, 271 (2), 52, p. 558. 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB 2004), Calgary, Canada, July 24, 2004 - July 28, 2004. Academic Press, San Diego [etc.] (2004)

Velicer, G.: Social strife in the microbial world. In 5th Toulouse Conference on Environment and Resource Economics. 5th Toulouse Conference on Environment and Resource Economics, Toulouse, France, June 01, 2004 - June 02, 2004. (2004)

Rudel, D.: Gonadogenesis in Pristionchus pacificus: lessons from microscopy and cell ablations. Regional Worm Meeting 2004 (BWM), Basel, Switzerland (2004)

Zheng, M.: A novel type of negative signaling during Pristionchus vulva development. Regional Worm Meeting 2004 (BWM), Basel, Switzerland (2004)

Zauner, H.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: Microevolution of vulva development in American and European strains of P. pacificus. 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB 2004), Calgary, Canada (2004)

Sommer, R.: Beyond Darwin: towards an inclusive evolutionary synthesis. Development 131 (23), pp. 5769 - 5770 (2004)