Publications of RJ Sommer

Iatsenko, I.; Boichenko, I.; Sommer, R.: Bacillus thuringiensis DB27 Produces Two Novel Protoxins, Cry21Fa1 and Cry21Ha1, Which Act Synergistically against Nematodes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80 (10), pp. 3266 - 3275 (2014)

Kanzaki, N.; Ragsdale, E.; Herrmann, M.; Sommer, R.: Two new and two recharacterized species from a radiation of pristionchus (nematoda: diplogastridae) in Europe. Journal of Nematology 46 (1), pp. 60 - 74 (2014)

Kanzaki, N.; Ragsdale, E.; Susoy, V.; Sommer, R.: Leptojacobus dorci n. gen., n. sp. (Nematoda: Diplogastridae), an Associate of Dorcus Stag Beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Journal of Nematology 46 (1), pp. 50 - 59 (2014)

Iatsenko, I.; Corton, C.; Pickard, D.; Dougan, G.; Sommer, R.: Draft Genome Sequence of Highly Nematicidal Bacillus thuringiensis DB27. Microbiology Resource Announcement 2 (1), e00101-14 (2014)

Iatsenko, I.; Corton, C.; Pickard, D.; Dougan, G.; Sommer, R.: Draft genome sequence of highly nematicidal Bacilllus thuringiensis DB27. Genome Announcements 2 (1), e00101-14 (2014)

McGaughran, A.; Morgan, K.; Sommer, R.: Environmental variables explain genetic structure in a beetle-associated nematode. PLoS One 9 (1), e87317 (2014)

McGaughran, A.; Morgan, K.; Sommer, R.: Natural variation in chemosensation: lessons from an island nematode. Ecology and Evolution 3 (16), pp. 5209 - 5224 (2013)

Ragsdale, E.; Müller, M.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: A developmental switch coupled to the evolution of plasticity acts through a sulfatase. Cell 155 (4), pp. 922 - 933 (2013)

Iatsenko, I.; Sinha, A.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: New Role for DCR-1/Dicer in Caenorhabditis elegans Innate Immunity against the Highly Virulent Bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis DB27. Infection and Immunity 81 (10), pp. 3942 - 3957 (2013)

Kanzaki, N.; Ragsdale, E.; Herrmann, M.; Susoy, V.; Sommer, R.: Two androdioecious and one dioecious new species of pristionchus (nematoda: diplogastridae): new reference points for the evolution of reproductive mode. Journal of Nematology 45 (3), pp. 172 - 194 (2013)

Kanzaki, N.; Ragsdale, E.; Herrmann, M.; Röseler, W.; Sommer, R.: Two new species of Pristionchus (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) support the biogeographic importance of Japan for the evolution of the genus Pristionchus and the model system P. pacificus. Zoological Science 30 (8), pp. 680 - 692 (2013)

Ragsdale, E.; Kanzaki, N.; Röseler, W.; Herrmann, M.; Sommer, R.: Three new species of Pristionchus (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) show morphological divergence through evolutionary intermediates of a novel feeding-structure polymorphism. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168 (4), pp. 671 - 698 (2013)

Serobyan, V.; Ragsdale, E.; Müller, M.; Sommer, R.: Feeding plasticity in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus is influenced by sex and social context and is linked to developmental speed. Evolution and Development 15 (3), pp. 161 - 170 (2013)

Sommer, R.; McGaughran, A.: The nematode Pristionchus pacificus as a model system for integrative studies in evolutionary biology. Molecular Ecology 22 (9), pp. 2380 - 2393 (2013)

Kienle, S.; Sommer, R.: Cryptic variability in vulva development by cis-regulatory evolution of a HAIRY binding site. Nature Communications 4, 1714 (2013)

Kienle, S.; Sommer, R.: Cryptic variation in vulva development by cis-regulatory evolution of a HAIRY-binding site. Nature Communications 4, 1714 (2013)

Kanzaki, N.; Ragsdale, E.; Herrmann, M.; Röseler, W.; Sommer, R.: Pristionchus bucculentus n. sp. (Rhabditida: Diplogastridae) Isolated from a Shining Mushroom Beetle (Coleoptera: Scaphidiidae) in Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Nematology 45 (1), pp. 78 - 86 (2013)

McGaughran, A.; Morgan, K.; Sommer, R.: Unraveling the evolutionary history of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus: from lineage diversification to island colonization. Ecology and Evolution 3 (3), pp. 667 - 675 (2013)

Bumbarger, D.; Riebesell, M.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: System-wide rewiring underlies behavioral differences in predatory and bacterial-feeding nematodes. Cell 152 (1-2), pp. 109 - 119 (2013)

Herrmann, M.; Ragsdale, E.; Kanzaki, N.; Sommer, R.: Sudhausia aristotokia n. gen., n. sp. and S. crassa n. gen., n. sp. (Nematoda: Diplogastridae): viviparous new species with precocious gonad development. Nematology 15, pp. 1001 - 1020 (2013)