Publications
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Weadick, C.; Sommer, R.: Unexpected sex-specific post-reproductive lifespan in the free-living nematode Pristionchus exspectatus. Evolution and Development 18 (5-6), pp. 297 - 307 (2016)

Grüner, S.; Peter, D.; Weber, R.; Wohlbold, L.; Chung, M.-Y.; Weichenrieder, O.; Valkov, E.; Igreja, C.; Izaurralde, E.: The Structures of eIF4E-eIF4G Complexes Reveal an Extended Interface to Regulate Translation Initiation. Molecular Cell 64 (3), pp. 467 - 479 (2016)

Herrmann, M.; Weiler, C.; Rödelsperger, C.; Kanzaki, N.; Sommer, R.: Two New Pristionchus Species (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) from Taiwan are Part of a Species-cluster Representing the Closest Known Relatives of the Model Organism P. pacificus. Zoological Studies 55, e48 (2016)

Streit, A.; Davies, R.: Chromatin Diminution. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (2016)

Markov, G.; Meyer, J.; Panda, O.; Artyukhin, A.; Claaßen, M.; Witte, H.; Schroeder, F.; Sommer, R.: Functional Conservation and Divergence of daf-22 Paralogs in Pristionchus pacificus Dauer Development. Molecular Biology and Evolution 33 (10), pp. 2506 - 2514 (2016)

Sanghvi, G.; Baskaran, P.; Röseler, W.; Sieriebriennikov, B.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Life History Responses and Gene Expression Profiles of the Nematode Pristionchus pacificus Cultured on Cryptococcus Yeasts. PLoS One 11 (10), e0164881 (2016)

Worrillow, L.; Baskaran, P.; Care, M.; Varghese, A.; Munir, T.; Evans, P.; O'Connor , S.; Rawstrawn, A.; Hazelwood, L.; Tooze, R. et al.; Hillmen, P.; Newton , D.: An ultra-deep sequencing strategy to detect sub-clonal TP53 mutations in presentation chronic lymphocytic leukaemia cases using multiple polymerases. Oncogene 35 (40), pp. 5328 - 5336 (2016)

Dulovic, A.; Puller, V.; Streit, A.: Optimizing culture conditions for free-living stages of the nematode parasite Strongyloides ratti. Experimental Parasitology 168, pp. 25 - 30 (2016)

Kulkarni, A.; Lightfoot, J.; Streit, A.: Germline organization in Strongyloides nematodes reveals alternative differentiation and regulation mechanisms. Chromosoma: Biology of the Nucleus 125 (4), pp. 725 - 745 (2016)

Kunjadia, P.; Sanghvi, G.; Kunjadia, A.; Mukhopadhyay, P.; Dave, G.: Role of ligninolytic enzymes of white rot fungi (Pleurotus spp.) grown with azo dyes. SpringerPlus 5 (1), 1487 (2016)

Lightfoot, J.; Wilecki, M.; Okumura, M.; Sommer, R.: Assaying predatory feeding behaviors in pristionchus and other nematodes. Journal of Visualized Experiments 2016 (115), 54404 (2016)

McGaughran, A.; Rödelsperger, C.; Grimm, D.; Meyer, J.; Moreno, E.; Morgan, K.; Leaver, M.; Serobyan, V.; Rakitsch, B.; Borgwardt, K. et al.; Sommer, R.: Genomic Profiles of Diversification and Genotype-Phenotype Association in Island Nematode Lineages. Molecular Biology and Evolution 33 (9), pp. 2257 - 2272 (2016)

Okumura, M.; Chihara, T.: Function of pioneer neurons specified by the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor atonal in neural development. Neural Regeneration Research 11 (9), pp. 1394 - 1395 (2016)

Kieninger, M.; Ivers, N.; Rödelsperger, C.; Markov, G.; Sommer, R.; Ragsdale, E.: The Nuclear Hormone Receptor NHR-40 Acts Downstream of the Sulfatase EUD-1 as Part of a Developmental Plasticity Switch in Pristionchus. Current Biology 26 (16), pp. 2174 - 2179 (2016)

Leaver, M.; Kienle, S.; Begasse, M.; Sommer, R.; Hyman, A.: A locus in Pristionchus pacificus that is responsible for the ability to give rise to fertile offspring at higher temperatures. Biology Open 5 (8), pp. 1111 - 1117 (2016)

Rödelsperger, C.; Menden, K.; Serobyan, V.; Witte, H.; Baskaran, P.: First insights into the nature and evolution of antisense transcription in nematodes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16 (1), 165 (2016)

Serobyan, V.; Xiao, H.; Namdeo, S.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sieriebriennikov, B.; Witte, H.; Röseler, W.; Sommer, R.: Chromatin remodelling and antisense-mediated up-regulation of the developmental switch gene eud-1 control predatory feeding plasticity. Nature Communications 7, 12337 (2016)

Streit, A.; Wang, J.; Kang, Y.; Davis, R.: Gene silencing and sex determination by programmed DNA elimination in parasitic nematodes. Current Opinion in Microbiology 32, pp. 120 - 127 (2016)

Meyer, J.; Markov, G.; Baskaran, P.; Herrmann, M.; Sommer, R.; Rödelsperger, C.: Draft Genome of the Scarab Beetle Oryctes borbonicus on La Réunion Island. Genome Biology and Evolution 8 (7), pp. 2093 - 2105 (2016)

Prabh, N.; Rödelsperger, C.: Are orphan genes protein-coding, prediction artifacts, or non-coding RNAs? BMC Bioinformatics 17, 226 (2016)