Publications
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Rödelsperger, C.; Röseler, W.; Athanasouli, M.; Wighard, S.; Herrmann, M.; Sommer, R.: Genome Assembly of the Nematode Rhabditoides Inermis From a Complex Microbial Community. Genome Biology and Evolution 16 (11), evae230 (2024)

Wighard, S.; Sommer, R.: The Role of Epigenetic Switches in Polyphenism Control: Implications from a Nematode Model for the Developmental Regulation of Alternative Phenotypes. Biology 13 (11), 922 (2024)

Yoshida, K.; Witte, H.; Hatashima, R.; Sun, S.; Kikuchi, T.; Röseler, W.; Sommer, R.: Rapid chromosome evolution and acquisition of thermosensitive stochastic sex determination in nematode androdioecious hermaphrodites. Nature Communications 15, 9649 (2024)

Herrmann, M.; Kanzaki, N.; Weiler, C.; Theam, P.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Description of two new Pristionchus species from South Korea. Journal of Nematology 56 (1), 20240032 (2024)

Mirza, Z.; Bhardwaj, V.; Pal, S.; Lalremsanga, H.; Vogel, G.; Campbell, P.; Patel, H.: Phylogeny and systematics of the colubrid snake genera Liopeltis and Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) and description of a new Himalayan endemic genus and species. Scientific Reports 14 (1), 24743 (2024)

de Ree, V.; Nath, T.; Barua, P.; Harbecke, D.; Lee, D.; Rödelsperger, C.; Streit, A.: Genomic analysis of Strongyloides stercoralis and Strongyloides fuelleborni in Bangladesh. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 18 (9), e0012440 (2024)

Röseler, W.; Sommer, R.; Rödelsperger, C.: Nematode genome announcement: A chromosome-scale genome assembly for the Pristionchus pacificus reference mapping strain PS1843. Journal of Nematology 56 (1), 20240063 (2024)

Mirza, Z.; Bhardwaj , V.; Lalmuanawma, J.; Choure, G.; Lalremsanga, H.; Vabeiryureilai, M.; Captain, A.; Zagade, A.; Patel, H.: A New Species of Smithophis Giri et al. 2019 from the Indo-Burma Region. Diversity 16 (8), 480 (2024)

Mirza, Z.: A Further taxonomic reassessment of Cyrtodactylus madarensis Sharma, 1980 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) now in the genus Eublephairs Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Eublephariade). Taprobanica 13 (1), pp. 9 - 15 (2024)

Mirza, Z.; Gowande, G.; Thackeray, T.; Bhosale, H.; Sawant, M.; Phansalkar, P.; Patel, H.: A New Montane-dwelling Species of Japalura Gray, 1853 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Taprobanica 13 (1), pp. 1 - 8 (2024)

Idiiatullina, S.; Nguyen, T.; Pawangkhanant, P.; Suwannapoom, C.; Chanhome, L.; Mirza, Z.; David, P.; Vogel, G.; Poyarkov, N.: An integrative taxonomic revision of the Trimeresurus popeiorum group of pitvipers (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) with descriptions of two new species from the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. Vertebrate Zoology 4, pp. 303 - 342 (2024)

Shah, K.; He, S.; Turner, D.; Corbo, J.; Rebbani, K.; Dominguez, D.; Bateman, D.; Cheloufi, S.; Igreja, C.; Valkov, E. et al.; Murn, J.: Regulation by the RNA-binding protein Unkempt at its effector interface. Nature Communications 15 (1), 3159 (2024)

Wighard, S.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: Conserved switch genes that arose via whole-genome duplication regulate a cannibalistic nematode morph. Science Advances 10 (15), eadk6062 (2024)

Jung, J.; Loschko, T.; Reich, S.; Rassoul-Agha, M.; Werner, M.: Newly identified nematodes from the Great Salt Lake are associated with microbialites and specially adapted to hypersaline conditions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291 (2018), 20232653 (2024)

Theska, T.; Renahan, T.; Sommer, R.: Starvation resistance in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus requires a conserved supplementary nuclear receptor. Zoological Letters 10 (1), 7 (2024)

Theska, T.; Sommer, R.: Feeding-structure morphogenesis in rhabditid and diplogastrid nematodes is not controlled by a conserved genetic module. Evolution & Development 26 (2), e12471 (2024)

Kalirad, A.; Sommer, R.: The role of plasticity and stochasticity in coexistence. Ecology Letters 27 (2), e14370 (2024)

Al-Jawabreh, R.; Anderson, R.; Atkinson, L.; Bickford-Smith, J.; Bradbury, R.; Breloer, M.; Bryant, A.; Buonfrate, D.; Cadd, L.; Crooks, B. et al.; Deiana , M.; Grant, W.; Hallem, E.; Hedtke, S.; Hunt, V.; Khieu, V.; Kikuchi, T.; Kounosu, A.; Lastik, D.; van Lieshout, L.; Liu, Y.; McSorley, H.; McVeigh, P.; Mousley, A.; Murcott , B.; Nevin, W.; Nosková, E.; Pomari, E.; Reynolds, K.; Ross, K.; Streit, A.; Suleiman, M.; Tiberti, N.; Viney, M.: Strongyloides questions: a research agenda for the future. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 379 (1894), 20230004 (2024)

Beiromvand, M.; Ashiri, A.; de Ree, V.; Harbecke, D.; Rödelsperger, C.; Streit, A.; Rafiei, A.: Strongyloides stercoralis genotyping in a human population in southwestern Iran. Parasites & Vectors 17 (1), 21 (2024)

Biakzuala, L.; Mirza, Z.; Patel, H.; Singh Rathee, Y.; Tlawmte Lalremsanga, H.: Reappraisal of the systematics of two sympatric coral snakes (Reptilia: Elapidae) from Northeast India. Systematics and Biodiversity 21 (1), 2289150 (2024)