Publications
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Rödelsperger, C.; Dieterich, C.: Syntenator: Multiple gene order alignments with a gene-specific scoring function. Algorithms for Molecular Biology 3, 14 (2008)

Dieterich, C.; Clifton, S.; Schuster, L.; Chinwalla, A.; Delehaunty, K.; Dinkelacker, I.; Fulton, L.; Fulton, R.; Godfrey, J.; Minx, P. et al.; Mitreva, M.; Roeseler, W.; Tian, H.; Witte, H.; Yang, S.-P.; Wilson, R.; Sommer, R.: The Pristionchus pacificus genome provides a unique perspective on nematode lifestyle and parasitism. Nature Genetics 40 (10), pp. 1193 - 1198 (2008)

Eberhardt, A.; Mayer, W.; Bonfoh, B.; Streit, A.: The Strongyloides (Nematoda) of sheep and the predominant Strongyloides of cattle form at least two different, genetically isolated populations. Veterinary Parasitology 157 (1-2), pp. 89 - 99 (2008)

Rae, R.; Schlager, B.; Sommer, R.: Assessment of the olfactory response to chemicals or bacteria in pristionchus nematodes. Cold Spring Harbor protocols 3 (10), pdb.prot5064 (2008)

Rae, R.; Schlager, B.; Sommer, R.: Isolation of pristionchus nematodes from beetles. Cold Spring Harbor protocols 3 (10), pdb.prot5063 (2008)

Rae, R.; Schlager, B.; Sommer, R.: Pristionchus pacificus: A Genetic Model System for the Study of Evolutionary Developmental Biology and the Evolution of Complex Life-History Traits. Cold Spring Harbor protocols 3 (10), pdb.emo102 (2008)

Rudel, D.; Tian, H.; Sommer, R.: Wnt signaling in Pristionchus pacificus gonadal arm extension and the evolution of organ shape. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105 (31), pp. 10826 - 10831 (2008)

Sommer, R.: Homology and the hierarchy of biological systems. Bioessays 30 (7), pp. 653 - 658 (2008)

Wegewitz, V.; Schulenburg, H.; Streit, A.: Experimental insight into the proximate causes of male persistence variation among two strains of the androdioecious Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematoda). BMC Ecology 8 (12) (2008)

Hong, R.; Svatoš, A.; Herrmann, M.; Sommer, R.: Species-specific recognition of beetle cues by the nematode Pristionchus maupasi. Evolution and Development 10 (3), pp. 261 - 391 (2008)

Hong, R.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: Natural variation in Pristionchus pacificus insect pheromone attraction involves the protein kinase EGL-4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105 (22), pp. 7779 - 7784 (2008)

Rae, R.; Riebesell, M.; Dinkelacker, I.; Wang, Q.; Herrmann, M.; Weller, A.: Isolation of naturally associated bacteria of necromenic Pristionchus nematodes and fitness consequences. The Journal of Experimental Biology 211 (12), pp. 1927 - 1936 (2008)

Vos, M.; Velicer, G.: Natural variation of gliding motility in a centimetre-scale population of Myxococcus xanthus. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 64 (3), pp. 343 - 350 (2008)

Streit, A.: Reproduction in Strongyloides (Nematoda): a life between sex and parthenogenesis. Parasitology 135 (3), pp. 285 - 294 (2008)

Vos, M.; Velicer, G.: Isolation by distance in the spore-forming soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Current Biology 18 (5), pp. 386 - 391 (2008)

Dieterich, C.; Sommer, R.: A Caenorhabditis motif compendium for studying transcriptional gene regulation. BMC Genomics 9, 30 (2008)

Rae, R.; Robertson, J.; Wilson, M.: Susceptibility and immune response of Deroceras reticulatum, Milax gagates and Limax pseudoflavus exposed to the slug parasitic nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 97 (1), pp. 61 - 69 (2008)

Tian, H.; Schlager, B.; Xiao, H.; Sommer, R.: Wnt signaling induces vulva development in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Current Biology 18 (2), pp. 142 - 146 (2008)

Meinhardt, H.: Models of biological pattern formation: from elementary steps to the organization of embryonic axes. In: Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Vol. 81. Academic Press, New York (2008)

Sommer, R.; Riebesell, M.: Die Entstehung der biologischen Formenvielfalt: Zur Bedeutung der Entwicklungsbiologie für die Evolutionsforschung. In: Die Evolution des Lebendigen, pp. 58 - 79 (Eds. Betz, O.; Köhler, H.-R.). Attempto-Verlag, Tübingen, Germany (2008)