Publications of RJ Sommer

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)

Sommer, R.; Meyer, J.: From environmental adaptions to intraspecific variation in pheromone biosynthesis: An esterase is involved in the synthesis of complex small molecules regulating Dauer Formation in Pristionchus Pacificus. In Journal of Nematology, 48 (4), pp. 371 - 372. Joint Meeting of the Society of Nematologists and the Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA) 2016 , Montreal, Canada, July 17, 2016 - July 21, 2016. Society of Nematologists, DeLeon Springs, FL, USA (2016)

Sommer, R.; Rödelsperger, C.: Genomics and transcriptomics in Pristionchus: A balanced view of conserved, fast-evolving and horizontally acquired genes. In 32nd Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists, p. 140. 32nd Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists (ESN 2016), Braga, Portugal, August 28, 2016 - September 01, 2016. (2016)

Sommer, R.; Meyer, J.: From environmental adaptations to intraspecific variation in pheromone biosynthesis: an esterase is involved in the synthesis of complex small molecules regulating Dauer formation in Pristonchus pacificus. In Joint Meeting SON/ONTA 2016, pp. 174 - 175. Joint Meeting SON/ONTA 2016: 55th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nematologists, 48th Annual Meeting of the Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America, Montreal, Canada, July 17, 2016 - July 21, 2016. (2016)

Sommer, R.: The mechanisms of developmental plasticity: from switch genes and epigenetics to the interplay of organisms and their environment. In European Worm Meeting 2016. European Worm Meeting 2016 (EWM 2016), Berlin, Germany, June 01, 2016 - June 03, 2016. (2016)

Sommer, R.; Herrmann, M.: Pristionchus scratchpads: A new framework for modernizing systematics. In Journal of Nematology, 47 (3), p. 269. Annual Meeting of the Society of Nematologists 2015, East Lansing, MI, USA, July 19, 2015 - July 24, 2015. Society of Nematologists, DeLeon Springs, FL, USA (2015)

Rödelsperger, C.; McGaughran, A.; Moreno, E.; Morgan, K.; Meyer, J.; Grimm, D.; Borgwardt, K.; Leaver, M.; Sommer, R.: Genome-wide patterns of selection in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. In 15th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB 2015), 52647, p. 237. 15th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB 2015), Lausanne, Switzerland, August 10, 2015 - August 14, 2015. (2015)

Markov, G.; Baskaran, P.; Sommer, R.: Sexual dimorphism and the evolution of sex-biased gene expression in the brown alga ectocarpus. In Journées Ouvertes de Biologie, Informatique et Mathématiques (JOBIM 2015), p. 11. Journées Ouvertes de Biologie, Informatique et Mathématiques (JOBIM 2015), Clermont-Ferrand, France, July 06, 2015 - July 09, 2015. (2015)

Lightfoot, J.; Wilecki, M.; Moreno, E.; Susoy, V.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Self-Recognition Prevents Cannibalism in Predatory Nematodes. In 20th International C. Elegans Meeting, 64, p. 25. 20th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 24, 2015 - June 28, 2015. (2015)

Sommer, R.: Molecular aspects of developmental plasticity: on novel genes, chromatin remodeling and gene duplications. In CDB Symposium 2015: Time in Development, S5-1. CDB Symposium 2015: Time in Development, Kobe, Japan, March 23, 2015 - March 25, 2015. (2015)

Iatsenko, I.; Boichenko, I.; Sommer, R.: Caenorhabditis elegans – Bacillus thuringiensis interactions: new insights into mechanisms of host resistance and pathogen virulence. In 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology and International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control, 86-STU, p. 62. 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology and International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control, Mainz, Germany, August 03, 2014 - August 07, 2014. (2014)

Sommer, R.: New genes, new chemistry and new cells in phenotypic plasticity and the evolution of novelty in nematodes. In EURO EVO DEVO 2014, S15-02, p. 175. 5th Meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (EURO EVO DEVO 2014), Wien, Austria, July 22, 2014 - July 25, 2014. (2014)

Herrmann, M.; Sommer, R.: Pristionchus Scratchpad: an online platform for taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny. In Journal of Nematology, 46 (2), p. 174. 6th International Congress of Nematology (ICN 2014), Cape Town, South Africa, May 05, 2014 - May 09, 2014. Society of Nematologists, DeLeon Springs, FL, USA (2014)

Penkov, S.; Ogawa, A.; Schmidt, U.; Tate, D.; Zagoriy, V.; Boland, S.; Gruner, M.; Vorkel, D.; Verbavatz, J.-M.; Sommer, R. et al.; Knölker, H.-J.; Kurzchalia, T.: A wax ester promotes collective host finding in the dauer larva of Pristionchus pacificus. In Journal of Nematology, 46 (2), p. 218. 6th International Congress of Nematology (ICN 2014), Cape Town, South Africa, May 05, 2014 - May 09, 2014. Society of Nematologists, DeLeon Springs, FL, USA (2014)

Ragsdale, E.; Susoy, V.; Sommer, R.: Developmental plasticity correlates with accelerated morphological evolution in diplogastrid nematodes. In Journal of Nematology, 46 (2), p. 225. 6th International Congress of Nematology (ICN 2014), Cape Town, South Africa, May 05, 2014 - May 09, 2014. Society of Nematologists, DeLeon Springs, FL, USA (2014)

Sommer, R.: Evolution of novelty: from predatory feeding to novel chemistry, new genes and epigenetics. In Journal of Nematology, 46 (2), p. 240. 6th International Congress of Nematology (ICN 2014), Cape Town, South Africa, May 05, 2014 - May 09, 2014. Society of Nematologists, DeLeon Springs, FL, USA (2014)

Weadick, C.; Sommer, R.: Sex, mating system, and the evolution of lifespan in Pristionchus nematodes. In Evolution 2014. Evolution 2014: Annual Meeting by the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB), and the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), Raleigh, NC, USA, June 20, 2014 - June 24, 2014. (2014)

Sommer, R.: The interactions of scarab beetles with Pristionchus nematodes: A model system for integrative studies in evolutionary biology. In Entomology, Ornithology & Herpetology: Current Research, 2 (2). International Symposia on Entomology 2013, Orlando, FL, USA, September 04, 2013 - September 06, 2013. OMICS Publ. Group, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2013)

Iatsenko, I.; Sinha, A.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: A new role of DCR-1/DICER in C. elegans innate immunity against the highly virulent bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis DB27. In 19th International C. Elegans Meeting, 178, p. 110. 19th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 27, 2013 - June 29, 2013. (2013)

Ragsdale, E.; Müller, M.; Sommer, R.: A sulfatase encodes a developmental switch for a feeding-structure dimorphism and controls micro- and macroevolutionary patterns in Pristionchus. In 19th International C. Elegans Meeting, 71, pp. 80 - 81. 19th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 27, 2013 - June 29, 2013. (2013)