Publications of RJ Sommer

Hong, R.; Sommer, R.: Sense in Sensitivity: The Evolution of Chemosensory Behavior in Entomonecromenic Nematodes Pristionchus. In Evolution 2006. Evolution 2006: American Society of Naturalists, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, Stony Brook, NY, USA, June 23, 2006 - June 27, 2006. (2006)

Rudel, D.; Sommer, R.: Changes in Gonad Arm Extension and the Evolution of Gonad Morphology in Nematodes. In European Worm Meeting 2006, T-076, p. 85. European Worm Meeting 2006 (EWM 2006), Hersonissos, Greece, March 29, 2006 - April 03, 2006. (2006)

Schlager, B.; Sommer, R.: An Ancestral Module Patterns a Derived Nematode Vulva Equivalence Group. In European Worm Meeting 2006, T-070, p. 79. European Worm Meeting 2006 (EWM 2006), Hersonissos, Greece, March 29, 2006 - April 03, 2006. (2006)

Rudel, D.; Riebesell, M.; Sommer, R.: Gonadogenesis in P. pacificus and the comparative development of organs. In Developmental Biology, 271 (2), 52, p. 558. 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB 2004), Calgary, Canada, July 24, 2004 - July 28, 2004. Academic Press, San Diego [etc.] (2004)

Srinivasan, J.; Sommer, R.: Mapping and cloning of generation vulvaless mutants of Pristionchus pacificus. In 2002 West Coast Worm Meeting, 159, p. 176. 2002 West Coast Worm Meeting (WCWM 2002), San Diego, CA, USA, August 10, 2002 - August 13, 2002. (2002)

Sommer, R.: Evolution of vulva development in nematodes: from genetics and genomics to gene function. In Developmental Biology, 247 (2), 374, p. 520. 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB 2002), Madison, WI, USA, July 21, 2002 - July 25, 2002. Academic Press, San Diego [etc.] (2002)

Pires da Silva, A.; Sommer, R.: Evolution of sex determination mechanisms in nematodes. In 2002 Midwest Worm Meeting, 458071, p. 55. 2002 Midwest Worm Meeting (MWWM 2002), St. Louis, MO, USA, June 28, 2002 - June 30, 2002. (2002)

Gutierrez, A.; Sommer, R.: Ray formation and the evolution of nematode Hox proteins. In European C. elegans Meeting 2002, 43, p. 55. European C. elegans Meeting 2002 (EWM 2002), Paestum, Italy, May 18, 2002 - May 22, 2002. (2002)

Gutierrez, A.; Sommer, R.: Evolution of homeotic gene function in nematodes. In Thirteenth International C. elegans Meeting: 2001 International Worm Meeting, 779, p. 779. Thirteenth International C. elegans Meeting: 2001 International Worm Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 22, 2001 - June 26, 2001. (2001)

Kenning, C.; Schlak, I.; Sommer, R.: Large scale analysis and genetic characterization of dumpy mutants in Pristionchus pacificus. In Thirteenth International C. elegans Meeting: 2001 International Worm Meeting, 1068, p. 1068. Thirteenth International C. elegans Meeting: 2001 International Worm Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 22, 2001 - June 26, 2001. (2001)

Lee, K.-Z.; Sommer, R.: Programmed cell death in Pristionchus pacificus. In Thirteenth International C. elegans Meeting: 2001 International Worm Meeting, 633, p. 633. Thirteenth International C. elegans Meeting: 2001 International Worm Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 22, 2001 - June 26, 2001. (2001)

Pires da Silva, A.; Sommer, R.: Pristionchus pacificus mutants defective in vulva induction. In Thirteenth International C. elegans Meeting: 2001 International Worm Meeting, 1034, p. 1034. Thirteenth International C. elegans Meeting: 2001 International Worm Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 22, 2001 - June 26, 2001. (2001)

Sinz, W.; Srinivasan, J.; Sommer, R.: Microevolutionary analysis of the nematode genus Pristionchus. In Thirteenth International C. elegans Meeting: 2001 International Worm Meeting, 587, p. 587. Thirteenth International C. elegans Meeting: 2001 International Worm Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 22, 2001 - June 26, 2001. (2001)

Srinivasan, J.; Sinz, W.; Sommer, R.: Towards a physical and genetic map of Pristionchus pacificus. In Thirteenth International C. elegans Meeting: 2001 International Worm Meeting, 236, p. 236. Thirteenth International C. elegans Meeting: 2001 International Worm Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 22, 2001 - June 26, 2001. (2001)

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)