Publications of RJ Sommer

Ragsdale, E.; Susoy, V.; Sommer, R.: Developmental plasticity correlates with accelerated morphological evolution in diplogastrid nematodes. In Journal of Nematology, 46 (2), p. 225. 6th International Congress of Nematology (ICN 2014), Cape Town, South Africa, May 05, 2014 - May 09, 2014. Society of Nematologists, DeLeon Springs, FL, USA (2014)

Sommer, R.: Evolution of novelty: from predatory feeding to novel chemistry, new genes and epigenetics. In Journal of Nematology, 46 (2), p. 240. 6th International Congress of Nematology (ICN 2014), Cape Town, South Africa, May 05, 2014 - May 09, 2014. Society of Nematologists, DeLeon Springs, FL, USA (2014)

Weadick, C.; Sommer, R.: Sex, mating system, and the evolution of lifespan in Pristionchus nematodes. In Evolution 2014. Evolution 2014: Annual Meeting by the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB), and the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), Raleigh, NC, USA, June 20, 2014 - June 24, 2014. (2014)

Sommer, R.: The interactions of scarab beetles with Pristionchus nematodes: A model system for integrative studies in evolutionary biology. In Entomology, Ornithology & Herpetology: Current Research, 2 (2). International Symposia on Entomology 2013, Orlando, FL, USA, September 04, 2013 - September 06, 2013. OMICS Publ. Group, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2013)

Iatsenko, I.; Sinha, A.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: A new role of DCR-1/DICER in C. elegans innate immunity against the highly virulent bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis DB27. In 19th International C. Elegans Meeting, 178, p. 110. 19th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 27, 2013 - June 29, 2013. (2013)

Ragsdale, E.; Müller, M.; Sommer, R.: A sulfatase encodes a developmental switch for a feeding-structure dimorphism and controls micro- and macroevolutionary patterns in Pristionchus. In 19th International C. Elegans Meeting, 71, pp. 80 - 81. 19th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 27, 2013 - June 29, 2013. (2013)

Ting, J.; Woodruff, G.; Maugel, T.; Kanzaki, N.; Sommer, R.; Cutter, A.; Haag, E.: The hazards of love: Sterilization and lethality in interspecies crosses. In 19th International C. Elegans Meeting, 53, p. 76. 19th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 27, 2013 - June 29, 2013. (2013)

Weller, A.; Sommer, R.: Whole-genome sequencing of hybrid strains in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus reveals astonishing crossover and mutation rates and allows unprecedented mechanistic insight into speciation processes. In Evolution 2012. 1st Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology (Evolution 2012): American Society of Naturalists, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, European Society for Evolutionary Biology Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, Ottawa, Canada, July 06, 2012 - July 10, 2012. (2012)

Sommer, R.: The nematode Pristionchus pacificus as a model system for integrative studies in evolutionary biology and ecology. In Cologne Spring Meeting 2012: Molecular Ecology and Evolution: An International Symposium of SFB 680, p. 12. Cologne Spring Meeting 2012: Molecular Ecology and Evolution: An International Symposium of SFB 680, Köln, Germany, February 22, 2012 - February 24, 2012. (2012)

Iatsenko, I.; Rae, R.; Sommer, R.: Reciprocal genetics of C. elegans: Bacillus interactions reveal insight into virulence and resistance mechanisms. In 18th International C. Elegans Meeting, 150, p. 49. 18th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 22, 2011 - June 26, 2011. (2011)

Rudel, H.; Tian, H.; Wyatt, B.; Sommer, R.: Changes in the Wnt and Netrin pathways that may give rise to new gonad morphologies. In 18th International C. Elegans Meeting, 47, p. 15. 18th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 22, 2011 - June 26, 2011. (2011)

Herrmann, M.; Susoy, V.; Mayer, W.; Sommer, R.: Combining entomology & nematology. In Entomologentagung 2011, p. 95. Entomologentagung 2011 (DGaaE), Berlin, Germany, March 21, 2011 - March 24, 2011. (2011)

Susoy, V.; Herrmann, M.; Sommer, R.: Bark-beetle-associated nematodes of the family Diplogastridae. In Entomologentagung 2011, p. 154. Entomologentagung 2011 (DGaaE), Berlin, Germany, March 21, 2011 - March 24, 2011. (2011)

Dieterich, C.; Mayer, W.; Schuster, L.; Herrmann, M.; Sommer, R.: Transcriptome profiling of 7 Pristionchus species: Horizontal gene transfer, novel gene families and gene turnover. In 17th International C. Elegans Meeting, 51, p. 90. 17th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 24, 2009 - June 28, 2009. (2009)

Ogawa, A.; Sommer, R.: Genetic analysis of dauer formation in Pristionchus pacificus reveals conserved and diverse aspects of signaling mechanisms. In 17th International C. Elegans Meeting, 140, p. 141. 17th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 24, 2009 - June 28, 2009. (2009)

Wang, X.; Sommer, R.: DNA-mediated transformation in Pristionchus pacificus reveals novel functions of Wnt signaling in vulva induction. In 17th International C. Elegans Meeting, 3, p. 73. 17th International C. Elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 24, 2009 - June 28, 2009. (2009)

Rae, R.; Bento, G.; Sommer, R.: The genome of Pristionchus pacificus and implications for the evolution of parasitism. In Molecular and Cellular Biology of Helminth Parasites V, p. 18. HYDRA 2008: Molecular and Cellular Biology of Helminth Parasites V, Hydra, Greece, September 12, 2008 - September 17, 2008. (2008)

Ogawa, A.; Sommer, R.: Conserved and Divergent Aspects of Dauer Formation between Pristionchus pacificus and Caenorhabditis elegans. In 5th International Congress of Nematology (ICN 2008), p. 36. 5th International Congress of Nematology (ICN 2008), Brisbane, Australia, July 13, 2008 - July 18, 2008. (2008)

Sommer, R.: The Genome of Pristionchus pacificus and Implications for the Evolution of Parasitism. In 5th International Congress of Nematology (ICN 2008), p. 87. 5th International Congress of Nematology (ICN 2008), Brisbane, Australia, July 13, 2008 - July 18, 2008. (2008)

Sommer, R.: Genetic and Transgenic Approaches in the Nematode Model Pristionchus pacificus. In 5th International Congress of Nematology (ICN 2008), p. 162. 5th International Congress of Nematology (ICN 2008), Brisbane, Australia, July 13, 2008 - July 18, 2008. (2008)