Publications of RJ Sommer

Zheng, M.; Sommer, R.: Cell fate specification during vulva formation in Pristionchus pacificus. In Thirteenth International C. elegans Meeting: 2001 International Worm Meeting, 1035, p. 1035. Thirteenth International C. elegans Meeting: 2001 International Worm Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 22, 2001 - June 26, 2001. (2001)

Jungblut, B.; Sommer, R.: Novel cell-cell interactions during vulva development in Pristionchus pacificus. In 2000 West Coast Worm Meeting, 159, p. 87. 2000 West Coast Worm Meeting (WCWM 2000), Los Angeles, CA, USA. (2000)

Sommer, R.: Novel mechanisms of transgenerational inheritance: lessons from unbiased forward genetics in a novel nematode model system. XXIIIrd International Congress of Genetics: Genetics and Genomics: Linking Life and Society, Melbourne, Australia (2023)

Sommer, R.: What’s Wrong with Evolutionary Theory? Max-Planck-Campus Tübingen: Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series (DSSS), Tübingen, Germany (2023)

Sommer, R.: What´s wrong with evolutionary theory? A perspective from a developmentally plastic and environmentally responsive organism. ETH Zürich: Department of Environmental Systems Science , Zürich, Switzerland (2023)

Sommer, R.: From alternative phenotypes to nature and nurture: Mary Jane West-Eberhard and her journey towards a true developmental evolutionary biology. 3rd Biennial Meeting of the Pan-American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (PASEDB 2019), Miami, FL, USA (2019)

Sommer, R.: Molecular aspects of developmental plasticity: On novel genes, chromatin remodeling and developmental switch mechanisms. Inaugural Biennial Meeting of the Pan-American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (PASEDB 2015), Berkeley, CA, USA (2019)

Sommer, R.: Mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity: from developmental switch genes and epigenetics to the environment. bioSeminars: Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland (2016)

Sommer, R.: How important are novel and fast evolving genes for your nematode? A case study in Pristionchus. HYDRA 2016: Molecular and Cellular Biology of Helminth Parasites X, Hydra, Greece (2016)

Agyal, N.; Quiobe, S.; Witte, H.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Transgenerational mouth-form memory in Pristionchus pacificus: Mutational Effects on Transgenerational Inheritance. 4th International Pristonchus Meeting 2023, Tübingen, Germany (2023)

Govind, S.; Nischwitz, E.; Hellmann, S.; Almeida, M.; Witte, H.; Sarkies, P.; Sommer, R.; Butter, F.; Ketting, R.: Functional characterization of GTSF-1 across clade V nematodes reveal conserved role in RNA-Dependent RNA polymerase activity. 4th International Pristonchus Meeting 2023, Tübingen, Germany (2023)

Mirza, Z.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: Origin of mouth-form plasticity in Pristonchus triformis. 4th International Pristonchus Meeting 2023, Tübingen, Germany (2023)

Piskobulu, V.; Witte, H.; Feldhaus, C.; Streit, A.; Sommer, R.: Linking nutritional status to mouth form plasticity in Pristionchus pacificus. 4th International Pristonchus Meeting 2023, Tübingen, Germany (2023)

Sharma, D.; Sommer, R.: Developmental small RNA transcriptomics and the divergent evolution of let-7-complex locus in the nematodes Pristionchus pacificus and Caenorhabditis elegans. 4th International Pristonchus Meeting 2023, Tübingen, Germany (2023)

Theam, P.; Witte, H.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Genetic variation of phenotypic plasticity across temporal scale and its response to diets. 4th International Pristonchus Meeting 2023, Tübingen, Germany (2023)

Wang, Y.; Röseler, W.; Witte, H.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Profiling cell types with single-cell technic in Pristionchus pacificus. 4th International Pristonchus Meeting 2023, Tübingen, Germany (2023)

Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: Ten years of CRISPR in P. pacificus: updates on the methodology. 4th International Pristonchus Meeting 2023, Tübingen, Germany (2023)

Govind, S.; Nischwitz, E.; Hellmann, S.; Seistrup, A.-S.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.; Butter, F.; Ketting, R.: Functional characterization of GTSF-1 across clade V nematodes reveal conserved role in RNA-Dependent RNA polymerase activity as well as novel interactions with PETISCO complex. 24th International C. Elegans Conference, Glasgow, UK (2023)

Loer, C.; Ramadan, Y.; Cook, S.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.; Hobert, O.: Evo-Devo-Neuro: Neuronal specification by terminal selectors in the Pristionchus pacificus nervous system. 24th International C. Elegans Conference, Glasgow, UK (2023)

Ramadan, Y.; Cook, S.; Loer, C.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.; Hobert, O.: A tale of two nematodes: Evolution of neuronal fate specification in C. elegans and P. pacificus. 24th International C. Elegans Conference, Glasgow, UK (2023)