Publications of RJ Sommer

Srinivasan, J.; Jesse, T.; Pires da Silva, A.; Gutierrez, A.; Zheng, M.; Witte, H.; Kipping, I.; Sommer, R.: Towards a Pristionchus genome map II: Microevolutionary analysis of the nematode genus Pristionchus. The Worm Breeder’s Gazette 17 (1), p. 49 (2001)

Srinivasan, J.; Sinz, W.; Brand, A.; Witte, H.; Raddatz, G.; Ram Kumar, N.; Schuster, S.; Sommer, R.: Towards a Pristionchus genome map III: SNP searches and analyses in Pristionchus pacificus. The Worm Breeder’s Gazette 17 (1), p. 50 (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)

Sommer, R.: Caenorhabditis elegans: Ein Wurm für alle Fälle. Bioforum 23 (3), pp. 126 - 128 (2000)

Sommer, R.; Carmi, I.; Eizinger, A.; Grandien, K.; Jungblut, B.; Lee, K.-Z.; Nguyen, H.; Pires-daSilva, A.; Schlak, I.; Sigrist, C. et al.; Srinivasan, J.: Pristionchus pacificus: a satellite organism in evolutionary developmental biology. Nematology 2 (1), pp. 81 - 88 (2000)

Félix , M.; Hill, R.; Schwarz, H.; Sternberg, P.; Sudhaus, W.; Sommer, R.: Pristionchus pacificus, a nematode with only three juvenile stages, displays major heterochronic changes relative to Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 266 (1429), pp. 1617 - 1621 (1999)

Sigrist, C.; Sommer, R.: Vulva formation in Pristionchus pacificus relies on continuous gonadal induction. Development Genes and Evolution 209 (8), pp. 451 - 459 (1999)

Sommer, R.: Convergence and the interplay of evolution and development. Evolution and Development 1 (1), pp. 8 - 10 (1999)

Eizinger, A.; Jungblut, B.; Sommer, R.: Evolutionary change in the functional specificity of genes. Trends in Genetics 15 (5), pp. 197 - 202 (1999)

Sommer, R.; Sigrist, C.; Grandien, K.; Jungblut, B.; Eizinger, A.; Adamis, H.; Schlak, I.: A phylogenetic interpretation of nematode vulval variations. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 36 (1-3), pp. 57 - 65 (1999)

Sommer, R.; Eizinger, A.; Lee, K.-Z.; Jungblut, B.; Bubeck, A.; Schlak, I.: The Pristionchus HOX gene Ppa-lin-39 inhibits programmed cell death to specify the vulva equivalence group and is not required during vulval induction. Development 125 (19), pp. 3865 - 3873 (1998)