Publications of RJ Sommer

Sommer, R.: Caenorhabditis elegans: Ein Wurm für alle Fälle. Bioforum 23 (3), pp. 126 - 128 (2000)

Sommer, R.; Carmi, I.; Eizinger, A.; Grandien, K.; Jungblut, B.; Lee, K.-Z.; Nguyen, H.; Pires-daSilva, A.; Schlak, I.; Sigrist, C. et al.; Srinivasan, J.: Pristionchus pacificus: a satellite organism in evolutionary developmental biology. Nematology 2 (1), pp. 81 - 88 (2000)

Félix , M.; Hill, R.; Schwarz, H.; Sternberg, P.; Sudhaus, W.; Sommer, R.: Pristionchus pacificus, a nematode with only three juvenile stages, displays major heterochronic changes relative to Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 266 (1429), pp. 1617 - 1621 (1999)

Sigrist, C.; Sommer, R.: Vulva formation in Pristionchus pacificus relies on continuous gonadal induction. Development Genes and Evolution 209 (8), pp. 451 - 459 (1999)

Sommer, R.: Convergence and the interplay of evolution and development. Evolution and Development 1 (1), pp. 8 - 10 (1999)

Eizinger, A.; Jungblut, B.; Sommer, R.: Evolutionary change in the functional specificity of genes. Trends in Genetics 15 (5), pp. 197 - 202 (1999)

Sommer, R.; Sigrist, C.; Grandien, K.; Jungblut, B.; Eizinger, A.; Adamis, H.; Schlak, I.: A phylogenetic interpretation of nematode vulval variations. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 36 (1-3), pp. 57 - 65 (1999)

Sommer, R.; Eizinger, A.; Lee, K.-Z.; Jungblut, B.; Bubeck, A.; Schlak, I.: The Pristionchus HOX gene Ppa-lin-39 inhibits programmed cell death to specify the vulva equivalence group and is not required during vulval induction. Development 125 (19), pp. 3865 - 3873 (1998)

Jungblut, B.; Sommer, R.: The Pristionchus pacificus mab-5 gene is involved in the regulation of ventral epidermal cell fates. Current Biology 8 (13), pp. 775 - 778 (1998)

Eizinger, A.; Sommer, R.: The homeotic gene lin-39 and the evolution of nematode epidermal cell fates. Science 278 (5337), pp. 452 - 455 (1997)

Schlak, I.; Eizinger, A.; Sommer, R.: High rate of restriction fragment length polymorphisms between two population of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus (Diplogastridae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 35 (3), pp. 137 - 142 (1997)

Sommer, R.: Evolution and development: the nematode vulva as a case study. Bioessays 19 (3), pp. 225 - 231 (1997)

Sommer, R.: Evolutionary changes of developmental mechanisms in the absence of cell lineage alterations during vulva formation in the Diplogastridae (Nematoda). Development 124 (1), pp. 243 - 251 (1997)

Eizinger, A.; Lee, K.-Z.; Weise, C.; Schlak, I.; Sommer, R.: Vulva-Defective Mutants from Pristonchus Pacificus. Worm Breeder's Gazette 14 (4), p. 42 (1996)

Sommer, R.; Sternberg, P.: Evolution of nematode vulval fate patterning. Developmental Biology 173 (2), pp. 396 - 407 (1996)

Kanzaki, N.; Herrmann, M.; Weiler, C.; Röseler, W.; Theska, T.; Berger, J.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Nine new Pristionchus (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) species from China. Magnolia Press, Auckland, New Zealand (2021), 66 pp.

Sommer, R. (Ed.): Pristionchus pacificus: a nematode model for comparative and evolutionary biology. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands (2015), 420 pp.

Lo, W.-S.; Sommer, R.: Vitamin B12 and predatory behavior in nematodes. In: Vitamins and Hormones, Vol. 119 (2022)

Sommer, R.; Lightfoot, J.: The Genus Pristionchus: a Model for Phenotypic Plasticity, Predatory Behavior, Self-Recognition, and Other Complex Traits. In: Nematodes as model organisms, 1, pp. 1 - 23 (Eds. Glazer, I.; Shapiro-Ilan, P.; Sterberg, D.). CAB International, Wallingford, UK (2022)

Sommer, R.: Integrative evolutionary biology and mechanistic approaches in comparative biology. In: Pristionchus pacificus: a nematode model for comparative and evolutionary biology, 2, pp. 19 - 41 (Ed. Sommer, R.). Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands (2015)