Publications of RJ Sommer

Srinivasan, J.; Otto, G.; Kahlow, U.; Geisler, R.; Sommer, R.: AppaDB: an AcedB database for the nematode satellite organism Pristionchus pacificus. Nucleic Acids Research (London) 32 (Database issue), pp. D421 - D422 (2004)

Lee, K.-Z.; Sommer, R.: Operon structure and trans-splicing in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20 (12), pp. 2098 - 2103 (2003)

Rudel, D.; Sommer, R.: The evolution of developmental mechanisms. Developmental Biology 264 (1), pp. 15 - 37 (2003)

Srinivasan, J.; Sinz, W.; Jesse, T.; Wiggers-Perebolte, L.; Buntjer, J.; van der Meulen, M.; Sommer, R.: An integrated physical and genetic map of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 269 (5), pp. 715 - 722 (2003)

Pires-daSilva, A.; Sommer, R.: Finally, worm polycomb-like genes meet Hox regulation. Developmental Cell 4 (6), pp. 770 - 772 (2003)

Lee, K.-Z.; Eizinger, A.; Nandakumar, R.; Schuster, S.; Sommer, R.: Limited microsynteny between the genomes of Pristionchus pacificus and Caenorhabditis elegans. Nucleic Acids Research (London) 31 (10), pp. 2553 - 2560 (2003)

Gutierrez, A.; Knoch, L.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: Functional specificity of the nematode Hox gene mab-5. Development 130 (5), pp. 983 - 993 (2003)

Pires-daSilva, A.; Sommer, R.: The evolution of signalling pathways in animal development. Nature Reviews Genetics 4 (1), pp. 39 - 49 (2003)

Srinivasan, J.; Sinz, W.; Lanz, C.; Brand, A.; Nandakumar, R.; Raddatz, G.; Witte, H.; Keller, H.; Kipping, I.; Pires-daSilva, A. et al.; Jesse, T.; Millare, J.; de Both, M.; Schuster, S.; Sommer, R.: A bacterial artificial chromosome-based genetic linkage map of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Genetics 162 (1), pp. 129 - 134 (2002)

Sommer, R.: As good as they get: cells in nematode vulva development and evolution. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 13 (6), pp. 715 - 720 (2001)

Jungblut, B.; Pires-daSilva, A.; Sommer, R.: Formation of the egg-laying system in Pristionchus pacificus requires complex interactions between gonadal, mesodermal and epidermal tissues and does not rely on single cell inductions. Development 128 (18), pp. 3395 - 3404 (2001)

Grandien, K.; Sommer, R.: Functional comparison of the nematode Hox gene lin-39 in C. elegans and P. pacificus reveals evolutionary conservation of protein function despite divergence of primary sequences. Genes and Development 15 (16), pp. 2161 - 2172 (2001)

Srinivasan, J.; Pires-daSilva, A.; Gutierrez, A.; Zheng, M.; Jungblut, B.; Witte, H.; Schlak, I.; Sommer, R.: Microevolutionary analysis of the nematode genus Pristionchus suggests a recent evolution of redundant developmental mechanisms during vulva formation. Evolution and Development 3 (4), pp. 229 - 240 (2001)

Jungblut, B.; Sommer, R.: The nematode even-skipped homolog vab-7 regulates gonad and vulva position in Pristionchus pacificus. Development 128 (2), pp. 253 - 261 (2001)

Sommer, R.; Witte, H.; Schlak, I.: Towards a microevolutionary approach in evolutionary developmental biology: Biogeography of the nematode genus Pristionchus (Diplogastridae). Zoology 103 (2), pp. 91 - 98 (2001)

Kagoshima, H.; Sommer, R.; Reinhart, B.; Cassata, G.; Ruvkun, G.; Bürglin, T.: Graded expression of ceh-14 reporters in the hypodermis is induced by a gonadal signal. Development Genes and Evolution 210 (11), pp. 564 - 569 (2000)

Sommer, R.: Comparative genetics: a third model nematode species. Current Biology 10 (23), pp. R879 - R881 (2000)

Jungblut, B.; Sommer, R.: Novel cell-cell interactions during vulva development in Pristionchus pacificus. Development 127 (15), pp. 3295 - 3303 (2000)

Sommer, R.: Evolution of nematode development. Opinion in Genetics & Development 10 (4), pp. 443 - 448 (2000)

Félix, M.; de Ley, P.; Sommer, R.; Frisse, L.; Nadler, S.; Thomas, W.; Vanfleteren , J.; Sternberg, P.: Evolution of vulva development in the Cephalobina (Nematoda). Developmental Biology 221 (1), pp. 68 - 86 (2000)