Publications
_{Integrative Evolutionary Biology}

Fiegna, F.; Velicer, G.: Exploitative and hierarchical antagonism in a cooperative bacterium. PLoS Biology 3 (11), e370 (2005)

Hong, R.; Villwock, A.; Sommer, R.: Cultivation of the rhabditid Poikilolaimus oxycercus as a laboratory nematode for genetic analyses. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology 303 (9), pp. 742 - 760 (2005)

Harris, M.; Williamson, S.; Fallon, J.; Meinhardt, H.; Prum, R.: Molecular evidence for an activator-inhibitor mechanism in development of embryonic feather branching. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102 (33), pp. 11734 - 11739 (2005)

Takacs-Vellai, K.; Vellai, T.; Puoti, A.; Passannante, M.; Wicky, C.; Streit, A.; Kovacs, A.; Müller, F.: Inactivation of the autophagy gene bec-1 triggers apoptotic cell death in C. elegans. Current Biology 15 (16), pp. 1513 - 1517 (2005)

Velicer, G.: Evolution of cooperation: does selfishness restraint lie within? Current Biology 15 (5), pp. R173 - R175 (2005)

Zheng, M.; Messerschmidt, D.; Jungblut, B.; Sommer, R.: Conservation and diversification of Wnt signaling function during the evolution of nematode vulva development. Nature Genetics 37 (3), pp. 300 - 304 (2005)

Rudel, D.; Riebesell, M.; Sommer, R.: Gonadogenesis in Pristionchus pacificus and organ evolution: development, adult morphology and cell-cell interactions in the hermaphrodite gonad. Developmental Biology 277 (1), pp. 200 - 221 (2005)

Sommer, R.: Evolution of development in nematodes related to C. elegans. In: WormBook: The Online Review of C. elegans Biology. Columbia University, New York, NY, USA (2005)

Srinivasan, J.; Sommer, R.: C. elegans Genome, Comparative Sequencing. In: Encyclopedic Reference of Genomics and Proteomics in Molecular Medicine, pp. 183 - 185 (Eds. Ganten, D.; Ruckpaul, K.; Birchmeier, W.; Epplen, J.; Genser, K. et al.). Springer, Berlin, Germany (2005)

Meinhardt, H.: Models for the Orientation of Cell Polarity by Weak Chemotactic Gradients. In Gordon Research Conference: Gradient Sensing and Directed Cell Migration. Gordon Research Conference: Gradient Sensing and Directed Cell Migration , Ventura, CA, USA, February 20, 2005 - February 25, 2005. (2005)

Herrmann, M.: Recent advances on the biology and ecology of the genus Pristionchus. Regional Worm Meeting 2005 (BWM), Basel, Switzerland (2005)

Zheng, M.; Xiao, H.; Sommer, R.: Diverse functions of Wnt signaling during nematode vulva formation: A comparison between Pristionchus pacificus and C. elegans. 64th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB 2005), San Francisco, CA, USA (2005)

Zheng, M.: Evolution of Wnt signaling during nematode vulva development: a comparative analysis between Pristionchus pacificus and Caenorhabditis elegans. Dissertation, 67, 45 pp., Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Germany (2005)