Publications
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Moreno, E.; Sieriebriennikov, B.; Witte, H.; Rödelsperger, C.; Lightfoot, J.; Sommer, R.: Regulation of hyperoxia-induced social behaviour in Pristionchus pacificus nematodes requires a novel cilia-mediated environmental input. Scientific Reports 7, 17550 (2017)

Riebesell, M.; Sommer, R.: Three-dimensional reconstruction of the pharyngeal gland cells in the predatory nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Journal of Morphology 278 (12), pp. 1656 - 1666 (2017)

Okumura, M.; Wilecki, M.; Sommer, R.: Serotonin Drives Predatory Feeding Behavior via Synchronous Feeding Rhythms in the Nematode Pristionchus pacificus. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 7 (11), pp. 3745 - 3755 (2017)

Holz, A.; Streit, A.: Gain and loss of small RNA classes: characterization of small RNAs in the parasitic nematode family Strongyloididae. Genome Biology and Evolution 9 (10), pp. 2826 - 2843 (2017)

Rödelsperger, C.; Meyer, J.; Prabh, N.; Lanz, C.; Bemm, F.; Sommer, R.: Single-Molecule Sequencing Reveals the Chromosome-Scale Genomic Architecture of the Nematode Model Organism Pristionchus pacificus. Cell Reports 21 (3), pp. 834 - 844 (2017)

Jaleta, T.; Rödelsperger, C.; Streit, A.: Parasitological and transcriptomic comparison of Strongyloides ratti infections in natural and in suboptimal permissive hosts. Experimental Parasitology 180, pp. 112 - 118 (2017)

Jaleta, T.; Zhou, S.; Bemm, F.; Schär, F.; Khieu, V.; Muth, S.; Odermatt, P.; Lok, J.; Streit, A.: Different but overlapping populations of Strongyloides stercoralis in dogs and humans: Dogs as a possible source for zoonotic strongyloidiasis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11 (8), e0005752 (2017)

Serobyan, V.; Sommer, R.: Developmental systems of plasticity and trans-generational epigenetic inheritance in nematodes. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 45, pp. 51 - 57 (2017)

Werner, M.; Sieriebriennikov, B.; Loschko, T.; Namdeo, S.; Lenuzzi, M.; Dardiry, M.; Renahan, T.; Sharma, D.; Sommer, R.: Environmental influence on Pristionchus pacificus mouth form through different culture methods. Scientific Reports 7, 7207 (2017)

Sieriebriennikov, B.; Markov, G.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: The Role of DAF-21/Hsp90 in Mouth-Form Plasticity in Pristionchus pacificus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34 (7), pp. 1644 - 1653 (2017)

Peter, D.; Weber, R.; Sandmeir, F.; Wohlbold, L.; Helms, S.; Bawankar, P.; Valkov, E.; Igreja, C.; Izaurralde, E.: GIGYF1/2 proteins use auxiliary sequences to selectively bind to 4EHP and repress target mRNA expression. Genes and Development 31 (11), pp. 1147 - 1161 (2017)

Meyer, J.; Baskaran, P.; Quast, C.; Susoy, V.; Rödelsperger, C.; Glöckner, F.; Sommer, R.: Succession and dynamics of Pristionchus nematodes and their microbiome during decomposition of Oryctes borbonicus on La Reunion Island. Environmental Microbiology 19 (4), pp. 1476 - 1489 (2017)

Baskaran, P.; Jaleta, T.; Streit, A.; Rödelsperger, C.: Duplications and Positive Selection Drive the Evolution of Parasitism-Associated Gene Families in the Nematode Strongyloides papillosus. Genome Biology and Evolution 9 (3), pp. 790 - 801 (2017)

Sommer, R.; Dardiry, M.; Lenuzzi, M.; Namdeo, S.; Renahan, T.; Sieriebriennikov, B.; Werner, M.: The genetics of phenotypic plasticity in nematode feeding structures. Open Biology 7 (3), 160332 (2017)

Streit, A.: Genetics: modes of reproduction and genetic analysis. Parasitology 144 (3), pp. 316 - 326 (2017)

Weadick, C.; Sommer, R.: Hybrid crosses and the genetic basis of interspecific divergence in lifespan in Pristionchus nematodes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30 (3), pp. 650 - 657 (2017)

Morgan, K.; McGaughran, A.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Variation in rates of spontaneous male production within the nematode species Pristionchus pacificus supports an adaptive role for males and outcrossing. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17, 57 (2017)

Herrmann, M.; Kanzaki, N.; Ragsdale, E.; Sommer, R.: Redescription of four species of the genus Pristionchus (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) from the United States of America. Dumerilia 7, pp. 97 - 103 (2017)

Sommer, R.: The mechanisms of developmental plasticity: from switch genes and epigenetics to the interplay of organisms and their environment. In 21st Evolutionary Biology Meeting. 21st Evolutionary Biology Meeting (EBM 2017), Marseille, France, September 26, 2017 - September 29, 2017. (2017)

Klemens, O.; Oesterreich, B.; Streit, A.; Warnecke, J.; Steinhagen, K.: Use of antigens from Strongyloides papillosus instead of S. ratti increases ELISA specificity for human strongyloidiasis. HYDRA 2017: Molecular and Cellular Biology of Helminth Parasites XI, Hydra, Greece (2017)