Publications
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Tritschler, F.; Braun, J.; Motz, C.; Igreja, C.; Haas, G.; Truffault, V.; Izaurralde, E.; Weichenrieder, O.: DCP1 forms asymmetric trimers to assemble into active mRNA decapping complexes in metazoa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106 (51), pp. 21591 - 21596 (2009)

Yi, B.; Bumbarger, D.; Sommer, R.: Genetic evidence for pax-3 function in myogenesis in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Evolution and Development 11 (6), pp. 669 - 679 (2009)

Ogawa, A.; Sommer, R.: Strategies to get arrested. Science 326 (5955), pp. 944 - 945 (2009)

Schweikert, G.; Zien, A.; Zeller, G.; Behr, J.; Dieterich, C.; Ong, C.; Philips, P.; De Bona, F.; Hartmann, L.; Bohlen, A. et al.; Krüger, N.; Sonnenburg, S.; Rätsch, G.: mGene: Accurate SVM-based gene finding with an application to nematode genomes. Genome Research 19 (11), pp. 2133 - 2143 (2009)

Meinhardt, H.: Models for the generation and interpretation of gradients. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 1 (4), a001362 (2009)

Starz-Gaiano, M.; Melani, M.; Meinhardt, H.; Montell, D.: Interpretation of the UPD/JAK/STAT morphogen gradient in Drosophila follicle cells. Cell Cycle 8 (18), pp. 2917 - 2925 (2009)

Wegewitz, V.; Schulenburg, H.; Streit, A.: Do males facilitate the spread of novel phenotypes within populations of the androdioecious nematode Caenorhabditis elegans? Journal of Nematology 41 (3), pp. 247 - 254 (2009)

Mayer, W.; Herrmann, M.; Sommer, R.: Molecular phylogeny of beetle associated diplogastrid nematodes suggests host switching rather than nematode-beetle coevolution. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9, 212 (2009)

Minasaki, R.; Puoti, A.; Streit, A.: The DEAD-box protein MEL-46 is required in the germ line of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. BMC Developmental Biology 9, 35 (2009)

Rae, R.; Robertson, J.; Wilson, M.: Chemoattraction and host preference of the gastropod parasitic nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita. Journal of Parasitology 95 (3), pp. 517 - 526 (2009)

Sommer, R.: The future of evo-devo: model systems and evolutionary theory. Nature Reviews Genetics 10 (6), pp. 416 - 422 (2009)

Dieterich, C.; Sommer, R.: How to become a parasite: lessons from the genomes of nematodes. Trends in Genetics 25 (5), pp. 203 - 209 (2009)

Schlager, B.; Wang, X.; Braach, G.; Sommer, R.: Molecular cloning of a dominant roller mutant and establishment of DNA-mediated transformation in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Genesis 47 (5), pp. 300 - 304 (2009)

Meinhardt, H.: Beta-catenin and axis formation in planarians. Bioessays 31 (1), pp. 5 - 9 (2009)

Ogawa, A.; Streit, A.; Antebi, A.; Sommer, R.: A conserved endocrine mechanism controls the formation of dauer and infective larvae in nematodes. Current Biology 19 (1), pp. 67 - 71 (2009)

Rae, R.; Schlager, B.; Sommer, R.: Pristionchus pacificus, a genetic model system for evolutionary developmental biology and the evolution of complex life-history traits. In: Emerging model organisms: a laboratory manual, Vol. 1, 11, pp. 275 - 290 (Ed. Patel, N.). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA (2009)

Sommer, R.; Riebesell, M.: Die Entstehung der biologischen Formenvielfalt und das Verhältnis zwischen Entwicklungsbiologie und Evolutionsforschung. In: Charles Darwin und seine Wirkung, pp. 276 - 302 (Ed. Engels, E.-M.). Suhrkamp, Frankfurt a.M., Germany (2009)

Dieterich, C.; Mayer, W.; Schuster, L.; Herrmann, M.; Sommer, R.: Transcriptome profiling of 7 Pristionchus species: Horizontal gene transfer, novel gene families and gene turnover. In 17th International C. Elegans Meeting, 51, p. 90. 17th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 24, 2009 - June 28, 2009. (2009)

Ogawa, A.; Sommer, R.: Genetic analysis of dauer formation in Pristionchus pacificus reveals conserved and diverse aspects of signaling mechanisms. In 17th International C. Elegans Meeting, 140, p. 141. 17th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 24, 2009 - June 28, 2009. (2009)

Wang, X.; Sommer, R.: DNA-mediated transformation in Pristionchus pacificus reveals novel functions of Wnt signaling in vulva induction. In 17th International C. Elegans Meeting, 3, p. 73. 17th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 24, 2009 - June 28, 2009. (2009)