Publications
_{Integrative Evolutionary Biology}

Huang, X.; Du, Z.; Chen, X.; Zhang, J.; Liu, W.; Yang, Y.; Du, A.; Ma, G.: Host insulin hijacking by a nematode receptor mediates developmental plasticity and sex ratio shifts. Nature Communications Epub ahead (2026)

Quiobe, S.; Kalirad, A.; Zurheide, R.; Witte, H.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Vitamin B12 induces memory of predation through vitellogenin provisioning. Nature Communications 17, 3408 (2026)

Wang, Y.; Theam, P.; Quiobe, S.; Röseler, W.; Witte, H.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Bacterial diet influences mutation rate in Pristionchus pacificus. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 16 (4), jkag038 (2026)

Gyarteng Mensah, S.; Larbi, J.; Streit, A.: Molecular Taxonomic Characterisation of Ancylostoma spp. and Strongyloides spp. in Three Protected Areas in Ghana. Frontiers in Parasitology (accepted)

Rödelsperger, C.; Agyal, N.; Quiobe, S.; Wu, H.; Röseler, W.; Ibarra-Morales, D.; Sommer, R.: Lessons learned from manual curation of thousands of gene models in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. PLOS ONE 21 (3), e0344513 (2026)

Patel, H.; Thackeray, T.; Vyas, R.; Mirza, Z.: A new species of Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) of the H. persicus complex from Aravalli hills, India. Zootaxa 5759 (5), pp. 526 - 542 (2026)

Du, Z.; Wu, F.; Lin, H.; Zhu, D.; Tong, D.; Chen, X.; Yang, Y.; Ma, G.: In vitro transcriptome and proteome of Haemonchus contortus larvae exposed to host blood components. Scientific Data 13, 85 (2026)

Kalirad, A.; Sommer, R.: Ecological graph theory: Simulating competition and coexistence on graphs. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 16 (11), pp. 2667 - 2680 (2025)

Naveen, R.; Mirza, Z.; Choure, G.; Chandramouli, S.: A "Crikey" new snake: An insular Lycodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata, Colubridae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, India. Evolutionary Systematics 9 (2), pp. 221 - 228 (2025)

Athanasouli, M.; Loschko, T.; Rödelsperger, C.: Interspecies systems biology links bacterial metabolic pathways to nematode gene expression, chemotaxis behavior, and survival. Genome Research 35 (10), gr.280848.125, pp. 2363 - 2374 (2025)

Bragin, A.; Decemson, H.; Lalremsanga, H.; Mirza, Z.; Poyarkov, N.: A new species of Himalayan skink of the genus Ablepharus (Squamata: Scincidae). Salamandra: German Journal of Herpetology 61 (4), pp. 373 - 394 (2025)

Mirza, Z.; Pal, S.; Thackeray, T.; Patel, H.; Bauer, A.: Taxonomic status of Coryphophylax maximiliani Fitzinger in: Steindachner, 1867 with notes on Coryphophylax subcristatus (Blyth, “1860” 1861). PeerJ 13, e19841 (2025)

Wighard, S.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: Functional divergence of conserved developmental plasticity genes between two distantly related nematodes. Scientific Reports 15 (1), 28518 (2025)

Zhang, P.; Theam, P.; Xu, W.; Ye, S.; Witte, H.; Liu, T.; Sommer, R.; Dong, C.: Biosynthesis of modular signaling molecules requires functional diversification of carboxylesterases in Pristionchus pacificus. Communications Biology 8 (1), 1213 (2025)

Bhardwaj, V.; Purkayastha, J.; Lalremsanga, H.; Mirza, Z.: Two new species of bent-toed geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 from the western Himalayas. Zootaxa 5665 (2), pp. 205 - 222 (2025)

Cook, S.; Kalinski, C.; Loer, C.; Memar, N.; Majeed, M.; Stephen, S.; Bumbarger, D.; Riebesell, M.; Conradt, B.; Schnabel, R. et al.; Sommer, R.; Hobert, O.: Comparative connectomics of two distantly related nematode species reveals patterns of nervous system evolution. Science 389 (6759), eadx2143, p. 476 (2025)

Reich, S.; Loschko, T.; Jung, J.; Nestel, S.; Sommer, R.; Werner, M.: Developmental transcriptomics in Pristionchus reveals the environmental responsiveness of a plasticity gene-regulatory network. Genome Research 35 (7), pp. 1560 - 1573 (2025)

Theam, P.; Kanzaki, N.; Herrmann, M.; Weiler, C.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Pristionchus kravanhensis n. sp., the first Pristionchus species reported from Cambodia. Nematology Epub ahead (2025)

Bhardwaj, V.; Lalremsanga, H.; Mirza, Z.: Vocalization by the agamid lizard Calotes emma Gray, 1845 (Reptilia: Sauria). Hamadryad 41 (1-2), pp. 44 - 47 (2025)

Vasconcelos Almeida, M.; Li, Z.; Rebelo-Guiomar, P.; Dallaire, A.; Fiedler, L.; Price, J.; Sluka, J.; Liu, X.; Butter, F.; Rödelsperger, C. et al.; Miska, E.: Transposable elements drive regulatory and functional innovation of F-box genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 42 (5), msaf097 (2025)