Publications of H Witte

Piskobulu, V.; Athanasouli, M.; Witte, H.; Feldhaus, C.; Streit, A.; Sommer, R.: High nutritional conditions influence feeding plasticity in Pristionchus pacificus and render worms non-predatory. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 344 (2), pp. 94 - 111 (2025)

Almeida, A.; Rocha, H.; Raas, M.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.; Snel, B.; Kops, G.; Gassmann, R.; Maiato, H.: An evolutionary perspective on the relationship between kinetochore size and CENP-E dependence for chromosome alignment. Journal of Cell Science 137 (24), jcs263466 (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)

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)

Dardiry, M.; Eberhardt, G.; Witte, H.; Rödelsperger, C.; Lightfoot, J.; Sommer, R.: Divergent combinations of cis-regulatory elements control the evolution of phenotypic plasticity. PLoS Biology 21 (8), e3002270 (2023)

Lenuzzi, M.; Witte, H.; Riebesell, M.; Rödelsperger, C.; Hong, R.; Sommer, R.: Influence of environmental temperature on mouth-form plasticity in Pristionchus pacificus acts through daf-11-dependent cGMP signaling. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution 340 (2), pp. 214 - 224 (2023)

Sun, S.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: Chitin contributes to the formation of a feeding structure in a predatory nematode. Current Biology 33 (1), pp. 15 - 27 (2023)

Igreja, C.; Loschko, T.; Schäfer, A.; Sharma, R.; Quiobe, S.; Aloshy, E.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: Application of ALFA-Tagging in the Nematode Model Organisms Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus. Cells 11 (23), 3875 (2022)

Lo, W.-S.; Roca, M.; Dardiry, M.; Mackie, M.; Eberhardt, G.; Witte, H.; Hong, R.; Sommer, R.; Lightfoot, J.: Evolution and Diversity of TGF-β Pathways are Linked with Novel Developmental and Behavioral Traits. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39 (12), msac252 (2022)

Wighard, S.; Athanasouli, M.; Witte, H.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: A New Hope: A hermaphroditic nematode enables analysis of a recent whole genome duplication event. Genome Biology and Evolution 14 (12), evac169 (2022)

Lo, W.-S.; Han, Z.; Witte, H.; Röseler, W.; Sommer, R.: Synergistic interaction of gut microbiota enhances the growth of nematode through neuroendocrine signaling. Current Biology 32 (9), pp. 2037 - 2050 (2022)

Sun, S.; Theska, T.; Witte, H.; Ragsdale, E.; Sommer, R.: The oscillating Mucin-type protein DPY-6 has a conserved role in nematode mouth and cuticle formation. Genetics 220 (3), iyab233 (2022)

Han, Z.; Sieriebriennikov, B.; Susoy, V.; Lo, W.-S.; Igreja, C.; Dong, C.; Berasategui, A.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: Horizontally Acquired Cellulases Assist the Expansion of Dietary Range in Pristionchus Nematodes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39 (2), msab370 (2022)

Lightfoot, J.; Dardiry, M.; Kalirad, A.; Giaimo, S.; Eberhardt, G.; Witte, H.; Wilecki, M.; Rödelsperger, C.; Traulsen, A.; Sommer, R.: Sex or cannibalism: Polyphenism and kin recognition control social action strategies in nematodes. Science Advances 7 (35), eabg8042 (2021)

Han, Z.; Lo, W.-S.; Lightfoot, J.; Witte, H.; Sun, S.; Sommer, R.: Improving transgenesis efficiency and CRISPR-associated tools through codon optimization and native intron addition in Pristionchus nematodes. Genetics 216 (4), pp. 947 - 956 (2020)

Athanasouli, M.; Witte, H.; Weiler, C.; Loschko, T.; Eberhardt, G.; Sommer, R.; Rödelsperger, C.: Comparative genomics and community curation further improve gene annotations in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. BMC Genomics 21 (1), 708 (2020)

Akduman, N.; Lightfoot, J.; Röseler, W.; Witte, H.; Lo, W.-S.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Correction: Bacterial vitamin B 12 production enhances nematode predatory behavior. The ISME Journal 14 (7), p. 1911 (2020)

Akduman, N.; Lightfoot, J.; Röseler, W.; Witte, H.; Lo, W.-S.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Bacterial vitamin B-12 production enhances nematode predatory behavior. The ISME Journal 14 (6), pp. 1494 - 1507 (2020)

Sieriebriennikov, B.; Sun, S.; Lightfoot, J.; Witte, H.; Moreno, E.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Conserved nuclear hormone receptors controlling a novel plastic trait target fast-evolving genes expressed in a single cell. PLoS Genetics 16 (4), e1008687 (2020)

Akduman, N.; Lightfoot, J.; Röseler, W.; Witte, H.; Lo, W.-S.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Bacterial vitamin B12 production enhances nematode predatory behavior. The ISME Journal 14 (6), pp. 1494 - 1507 (2020)