Publications of RJ Sommer

Bose, N.; Ogawa, A.; von Reuss, S.; Yim, J.; Ragsdale, E.; Sommer, R.; Schroeder, F.: Complex small-molecule architectures regulate phenotypic plasticity in a nematode. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English 51 (50), pp. 12438 - 12443 (2012)

Hui, F.; Scheib, U.; Hu, Y.; Sommer, R.; Aroian, R.; Ghosh, P.: Structure and glycolipid binding properties of the nematicidal protein Cry5B. Biochemistry 51 (49), pp. 9911 - 9921 (2012)

Molnar, R.; Witte, H.; Dinkelacker, I.; Villate, L.; Sommer, R.: Tandem-repeat patterns and mutation rates in microsatellites of the nematode model organism Pristionchus pacificus. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 2 (9), pp. 1027 - 1034 (2012)

Schuster, L.; Sommer, R.: Expressional and functional variation of horizontally acquired cellulases in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Gene 506 (2), pp. 274 - 282 (2012)

Sinha, A.; Rae, R.; Iatsenko, I.; Sommer, R.: System Wide Analysis of the Evolution of Innate Immunity in the Nematode Model Species Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus. PLoS One 7 (9), e44255 (2012)

Rae, R.; Sinha, A.; Sommer, R.: Genome-wide analysis of germline signaling genes regulating longevity and innate immunity in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. PLoS Pathogens 8 (8), e1002864 (2012)

Rae, R.; Witte, H.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: The importance of being regular: Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus defecation mutants are hypersusceptible to bacterial pathogens. International Journal for Parasitology 42 (8), pp. 747 - 753 (2012)

Kanzaki, N.; Ragsdale, E.; Herrmann, M.; Mayer, W.; Sommer, R.: Description of three Pristionchus species (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) from Japan that form a cryptic species complex with the model organism P. pacificus. Zoological Science 29 (6), pp. 403 - 417 (2012)

Markov, G.; Sommer, R.: The evolution of novelty in conserved gene families. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2012, 490894 (2012)

Sinha, A.; Sommer, R.; Dieterich, C.: Divergent gene expression in the conserved dauer stage of the nematodes Pristionchus pacificus and Caenorhabditis elegans. BMC Genomics 13, 254 (2012)

Sommer, R.; Bumbarger, D.: Nematode model systems in evolution and development. Wiley interdisciplinary Reviews Developmental Biology 1 (3), pp. 389 - 400 (2012)

Kanzaki, N.; Ragsdale, E.; Herrmann, M.; Sommer, R.: Two New Species of Pristionchus (Rhabditida: Diplogastridae): P. fissidentatus n. sp. from Nepal and La Réunion Island and P. elegans n. sp. from Japan. Journal of Nematology 44 (1), pp. 80 - 91 (2012)

Kanzaki, N.; Ragsdale, E.; Herrmann, M.; Mayer, W.; Tanaka, R.; Sommer, R.: Parapristionchus giblindavisi n. gen., n. sp. (Rhabditida: Diplogastridae) isolated from stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in Japan. Nematology 14 (8), pp. 933 - 947 (2012)

Morgan, K.; McGaughran, A.; Villate, L.; Herrmann, M.; Witte, H.; Bartelmes, G.; Rochat, J.; Sommer, R.: Multi locus analysis of Pristionchus pacificus on La Réunion Island reveals an evolutionary history shaped by multiple introductions, constrained dispersal events and rare out-crossing. Molecular Ecology 21 (2), pp. 250 - 266 (2012)

D'Anna, I.; Sommer, R.: Pristionchus uniformis, should I stay or should I go? Recent host range expansion in a European nematode. Ecology and Evolution 1 (4), pp. 468 - 478 (2011)

Brown, F.; D'Anna, I.; Sommer, R.: Host-finding behaviour in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1722), pp. 3260 - 3269 (2011)

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)

Sommer, R.; Ogawa, A.: Hormone signaling and phenotypic plasticity in nematode development and evolution. Current Biology 21 (18), pp. R758 - R766 (2011)

Molnar, R.; Bartelmes, G.; Dinkelacker, I.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: Mutation rates and intraspecific divergence of the mitochondrial genome of Pristionchus pacificus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28 (8), pp. 2317 - 2326 (2011)

Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Computational archaeology of the Pristionchus pacificus genome reveals evidence of horizontal gene transfers from insects. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11, 239 (2011)