Publications of MG Mayer

Mayer, M.; Sommer, R.: Nematode orphan genes are adopted by conserved regulatory networks and find a home in ecology. Worm 4 (4), e1082029 (2015)

Mayer, M.; Rödelsperger, C.; Witte, H.; Riebesell, M.; Sommer, R.: The Orphan Gene dauerless Regulates Dauer Development and Intraspecific Competition in Nematodes by Copy Number Variation. PLoS Genetics 11 (6), e1005146 (2015)

Sommer, R.; Mayer, M.: Toward a synthesis of developmental biology with evolutionary theory and ecology. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 31, pp. 453 - 471 (2015)

Bose, N.; Meyer, J.; Yim, J.; Mayer, M.; Markov, G.; Ogawa, A.; Schroeder, F.; Sommer, R.: Natural variation in dauer pheromone production and sensing supports intraspecific competition in nematodes. Current Biology 24 (13), pp. 1536 - 1541 (2014)

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)

Mayer, M.; Sommer, R.: Overexpression of an orphan gene in Pristionchus pacificus causes complete inhibition of dauer formation. 19th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2013)

Mayer, M.; Sommer, R.: Natural variation in Pristionchus pacificus dauer formation reveals cross-preference rather than self-preference of nematode dauer pheromones. 13th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB 2011), Tübingen, Germany (2011)