Publications
_{Integrative Evolutionary Biology}

D'Anna, I.; Sommer, R.: Pristionchus uniformis, should I stay or should I go? Recent host range expansion in a European nematode. Ecology and Evolution 1 (4), pp. 468 - 478 (2011)

Brown, F.; D'Anna, I.; Sommer, R.: Host-finding behaviour in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1722), pp. 3260 - 3269 (2011)

Mayer, M.; Sommer, R.: Natural variation in Pristionchus pacificus dauer formation reveals cross-preference rather than self-preference of nematode dauer pheromones. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1719), pp. 2784 - 2790 (2011)

Sommer, R.; Ogawa, A.: Hormone signaling and phenotypic plasticity in nematode development and evolution. Current Biology 21 (18), pp. R758 - R766 (2011)

Molnar, R.; Bartelmes, G.; Dinkelacker, I.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: Mutation rates and intraspecific divergence of the mitochondrial genome of Pristionchus pacificus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28 (8), pp. 2317 - 2326 (2011)

Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Computational archaeology of the Pristionchus pacificus genome reveals evidence of horizontal gene transfers from insects. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11, 239 (2011)

Yoon, W.; Meinhardt, H.; Montell, D.: miRNA-mediated feedback inhibition of JAK/STAT morphogen signalling establishes a cell fate threshold. Nature Cell Biology 13 (9), pp. 1062 - 1069 (2011)

Wang, X.; Sommer, R.: Antagonism of LIN-17/Frizzled and LIN-18/Ryk in nematode vulva induction reveals evolutionary alterations in core developmental pathways. PLoS Biology 9 (7), e1001110 (2011)

Lau, S.; De Smet, I.; Kolb, M.; Meinhardt, H.; Jürgens, G.: Auxin triggers a genetic switch. Nature Cell Biology 13 (5), pp. 611 - 615 (2011)

McGaughran, A.; Stevens, M.; Hogg, I.; Carapelli, A.: Extreme Glacial Legacies: A Synthesis of the Antarctic Springtail Phylogeographic Record. Insects 2 (2), pp. 62 - 82 (2011)

Ogawa, A.; Bento, G.; Bartelmes, G.; Dieterich, C.; Sommer, R.: Pristionchus pacificus daf-16 is essential for dauer formation but dispensable for mouth form dimorphism. Development 138 (7), pp. 1281 - 1284 (2011)

Rae, R.; Sommer, R.: Bugs don't make worms kill. The Journal of Experimental Biology 2014 (6), p. 1053 (2011)

Mayer, W.; Schuster, L.; Bartelmes, G.; Dieterich, C.; Sommer, R.: Horizontal gene transfer of microbial cellulases into nematode genomes is associated with functional assimilation and gene turnover. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11, 13 (2011)

Sommer, R.; Streit, A.: Comparative genetics and genomics of nematodes: genome structure, development, and lifestyle. Annual Review of Genetics 45, pp. 1 - 20 (2011)

Herrmann, M.; Sommer, R.: The genome of Pristionchus pacificus and implications for survival attributes. In: Molecular and physiological basis of nematode survival, 4, pp. 86 - 98 (Eds. Perry, R.; Wharton, D.). CABI, Wallingford, UK (2011)

Sommer, R.: Zur wissenschaftlichen Vielfalt der modernen Evolutionsbiologie. In: Charles Darwin und seine Bedeutung für die Wissenschaften, pp. 77 - 88 (Eds. Engels, E.-M.; Betz, O.; Köhler, H.-R.; Potthast, T.). Attempto-Verlag, Tübingen, Germany (2011)

Sommer, R.: Zum Wissenschaftsverständnis der modernen Evolutionsbiologie. Tagung zum Thema Einstellung und Wissen zu Evolution und Wissenschaft in Europa (EWEWE), Dortmund, Germany, February 20, 2009. Evolutionstheorie: Akzeptanz und Vermittlung im europäischen Vergleich, pp. 91 - 98 (2011)

Iatsenko, I.; Rae, R.; Sommer, R.: Reciprocal genetics of C. elegans: Bacillus interactions reveal insight into virulence and resistance mechanisms. In 18th International C. Elegans Meeting, 150, p. 49. 18th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 22, 2011 - June 26, 2011. (2011)

Rudel, H.; Tian, H.; Wyatt, B.; Sommer, R.: Changes in the Wnt and Netrin pathways that may give rise to new gonad morphologies. In 18th International C. Elegans Meeting, 47, p. 15. 18th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 22, 2011 - June 26, 2011. (2011)

Bumbarger, D.: Predicting Nervous System Function from Networks of Synaptic Connectivity: What Can We Learn from Nematodes? In Basel Worm Meeting 2011. Basel Worm Meeting 2011 (BWM), Basel, Switzerland, March 17, 2011. (2011)