All Stories

  1. A Mediator subunit imparts robustness to a polyphenism decision

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  2. Decoding the architecture and origins of mechanisms for developmental polyphenism

    Article • Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, December 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  3. Large-scale diversification without genetic isolation in nematode symbionts of figs

    Article • Science Advances, January 2016, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  4. Rapid diversification associated with a macroevolutionary pulse of developmental plasticity

    Article • eLife, February 2015, eLife

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale, Professor Ralf J Sommer

  5. Allodiplogaster josephi n. sp. and A. seani n. sp. (Nematoda: Diplogastridae), associates of soil-dwelling bees in the eastern USA

    Article • Nematology, January 2015, Brill

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  6. Taxonomy and natural history: the genus Pristionchus

    Article • January 2015, Brill

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  7. Mouth dimorphism and the evolution of novelty and diversity

    Article • January 2015, Brill

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  8. Revision of the paraphyletic genus Koerneria Meyl, 1960 and resurrection of two other genera of Diplogastridae (Nematoda)

    Article • ZooKeys, September 2014, Pensoft Publishers

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  9. Adaptive value of a predatory mouth-form in a dimorphic nematode

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, July 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale, Professor Ralf J Sommer

  10. Levipalatum texanum n. gen., n. sp. (Nematoda: Diplogastridae), an androdioecious species from the south-eastern USA

    Article • Nematology, January 2014, Brill

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale, Professor Ralf J Sommer

  11. A Developmental Switch Coupled to the Evolution of Plasticity Acts through a Sulfatase

    Article • Cell, November 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  12. 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

    Article • ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, August 2013, Zoological Society of Japan

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  13. Three new species ofPristionchus(Nematoda: Diplogastridae) show morphological divergence through evolutionary intermediates of a novel feeding-structure polymorphism

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, July 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  14. Feeding plasticity in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus is influenced by sex and social context and is linked to developmental speed

    Article • Evolution & Development, April 2013, Wiley

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale, Professor Ralf J Sommer

  15. Sudhausia aristotokia n. gen., n. sp. and S. crassa n. gen., n. sp. (Nematoda: Diplogastridae): viviparous new species with precocious gonad development

    Article • Nematology, January 2013, Brill

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale, Professor Ralf J Sommer

  16. Complex Small-Molecule Architectures Regulate Phenotypic Plasticity in a Nematode

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, November 2012, Wiley

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  17. Complex Small-Molecule Architectures Regulate Phenotypic Plasticity in a Nematode

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, November 2012, Wiley

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  18. Description of Three Pristionchus Species (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) from Japan that Form a Cryptic Species Complex with the Model Organism P. pacificus

    Article • ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, June 2012, Zoological Society of Japan

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  19. Parapristionchus giblindavisi n. gen., n. sp. (Rhabditida: Diplogastridae) isolated from stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in Japan

    Article • Nematology, January 2012, Brill

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale, Professor Ralf J Sommer

  20. Cervidellus sonorensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Cephalobidae) from the desert of Anza-Borrego, CA, USA

    Article • Nematology, January 2011, Brill

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  21. Reconstruction of the pharyngeal corpus of Aphelenchus avenae (Nematoda: Tylenchomorpha), with implications for phylogenetic congruence

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, November 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  22. Resolving phylogenetic incongruence to articulate homology and phenotypic evolution: a case study from Nematoda

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, January 2010, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  23. Ultrastructure and life history of Myolaimus byersi n. sp. (Myolaimina: Myolaimidae), a phoretic associate of the crane fly, Limonia schwarzi (Alexander) (Limoniidae), in Florida

    Article • Nematology, January 2010, Brill

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  24. Comparative, three-dimensional anterior sensory reconstruction ofAphelenchus avenae(nematoda: Tylenchomorpha)

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, December 2009, Wiley

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  25. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the stomatostylet and anterior epidermis in the nematodeAphelenchus avenae(Nematoda: Aphelenchidae) with implications for the evolution of plant parasitism

    Article • Journal of Morphology, October 2008, Wiley

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  26. A phylogenetic framework for root lesion nematodes of the genus Pratylenchus (Nematoda): Evidence from 18S and D2–D3 expansion segments of 28S ribosomal RNA genes and morphological characters

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, August 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale

  27. Revised hypotheses for phylogenetic homology of the stomatostylet in tylenchid nematodes

    Article • Nematology, January 2004, Brill

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale