Publications of RJ Sommer

Rae, R.; Sommer, R.: Bugs don't make worms kill. The Journal of Experimental Biology 2014 (6), p. 1053 (2011)

Mayer, W.; Schuster, L.; Bartelmes, G.; Dieterich, C.; Sommer, R.: Horizontal gene transfer of microbial cellulases into nematode genomes is associated with functional assimilation and gene turnover. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11, 13 (2011)

Sommer, R.; Streit, A.: Comparative genetics and genomics of nematodes: genome structure, development, and lifestyle. Annual Review of Genetics 45, pp. 1 - 20 (2011)

Rae, R.; Iatsenko, I.; Witte, H.; Sommer, R.: A subset of naturally isolated Bacillus strains show extreme virulence to the free‐living nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus. Environmental Microbiology 12 (11), pp. 3007 - 3021 (2010)

Bento, G.; Ogawa, A.; Sommer, R.: Co-option of the hormone-signalling module dafachronic acid-DAF-12 in nematode evolution. Nature 466 (7305), pp. 494 - 497 (2010)

Borchert, N.; Dieterich, C.; Krug, K.; Schütz, W.; Jung, S.; Nordheim, A.; Sommer, R.; Macek, B.: Proteogenomics of Pristionchus pacificus reveals distinct proteome structure of nematode models. Genome Research 20 (6), pp. 837 - 846 (2010)

Weller, A.; Mayer, W.; Rae, R.; Sommer, R.: Quantitative assessment of the nematode fauna present on Geotrupes dung beetles reveals species-rich communities with a heterogeneous distribution. Journal of Parasitology 96 (3), pp. 525 - 531 (2010)

Herrmann, M.; Kienle, S.; Rochat, J.; Mayer, W.; Sommer, R.: Haplotype diversity of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus on Réunion in the Indian Ocean suggests multiple independent invasions. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100 (1), pp. 170 - 179 (2010)

Streit, A.; Sommer, R.: Genetics: Random expression goes binary. Nature 463 (7283), pp. 891 - 892 (2010)

Yi, B.; Bumbarger, D.; Sommer, R.: Genetic evidence for pax-3 function in myogenesis in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Evolution and Development 11 (6), pp. 669 - 679 (2009)

Ogawa, A.; Sommer, R.: Strategies to get arrested. Science 326 (5955), pp. 944 - 945 (2009)

Mayer, W.; Herrmann, M.; Sommer, R.: Molecular phylogeny of beetle associated diplogastrid nematodes suggests host switching rather than nematode-beetle coevolution. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9, 212 (2009)

Sommer, R.: The future of evo-devo: model systems and evolutionary theory. Nature Reviews Genetics 10 (6), pp. 416 - 422 (2009)

Dieterich, C.; Sommer, R.: How to become a parasite: lessons from the genomes of nematodes. Trends in Genetics 25 (5), pp. 203 - 209 (2009)

Schlager, B.; Wang, X.; Braach, G.; Sommer, R.: Molecular cloning of a dominant roller mutant and establishment of DNA-mediated transformation in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Genesis 47 (5), pp. 300 - 304 (2009)

Ogawa, A.; Streit, A.; Antebi, A.; Sommer, R.: A conserved endocrine mechanism controls the formation of dauer and infective larvae in nematodes. Current Biology 19 (1), pp. 67 - 71 (2009)

Dieterich, C.; Clifton, S.; Schuster, L.; Chinwalla, A.; Delehaunty, K.; Dinkelacker, I.; Fulton, L.; Fulton, R.; Godfrey, J.; Minx, P. et al.; Mitreva, M.; Roeseler, W.; Tian, H.; Witte, H.; Yang, S.-P.; Wilson, R.; Sommer, R.: The Pristionchus pacificus genome provides a unique perspective on nematode lifestyle and parasitism. Nature Genetics 40 (10), pp. 1193 - 1198 (2008)

Rae, R.; Schlager, B.; Sommer, R.: Assessment of the olfactory response to chemicals or bacteria in pristionchus nematodes. Cold Spring Harbor protocols 3 (10), pdb.prot5064 (2008)

Rae, R.; Schlager, B.; Sommer, R.: Isolation of pristionchus nematodes from beetles. Cold Spring Harbor protocols 3 (10), pdb.prot5063 (2008)

Rae, R.; Schlager, B.; Sommer, R.: Pristionchus pacificus: A Genetic Model System for the Study of Evolutionary Developmental Biology and the Evolution of Complex Life-History Traits. Cold Spring Harbor protocols 3 (10), pdb.emo102 (2008)