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  1. Conserved nuclear hormone receptors controlling a novel plastic trait target fast-evolving genes expressed in a single cell

    Article • PLoS Genetics, April 2020, PLOS

    Professor Ralf J Sommer

  2. DAF-19/RFX controls ciliogenesis and influences oxygen-induced social behaviors in Pristionchus pacificus

    Article • Evolution & Development, September 2018, Wiley

    Professor Ralf J Sommer

  3. A cilia-mediated environmental input induces solitary behaviour in Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus nematodes

    Article • Nematology, January 2018, Brill

    Professor Ralf J Sommer

  4. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the pharyngeal gland cells in the predatory nematode Pristionchus pacificus

    Article • Journal of Morphology, September 2017, Wiley

    Professor Ralf J Sommer

  5. Hybrid crosses and the genetic basis of interspecific divergence in lifespan in Pristionchus nematodes

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, December 2016, Wiley

    Professor Ralf J Sommer

  6. Unexpected sex-specific post-reproductive lifespan in the free-living nematodePristionchus exspectatus

    Article • Evolution & Development, November 2016, Wiley

    Professor Ralf J Sommer

  7. Oxygen-induced social behaviours in Pristionchus pacificus have a distinct evolutionary history and genetic regulation from Caenorhabditis elegans

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, February 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Ralf J Sommer

  8. Integrative evolutionary biology: linking development with ecology and population genetics

    Article • Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, November 2015, Annual Reviews

    Professor Ralf J Sommer

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

    Article • eLife, February 2015, eLife

    Professor Erik J. Ragsdale, Professor Ralf J Sommer

  10. A host beetle pheromone regulates development and behavior in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus

    Article • eLife, October 2014, eLife

    Professor Ralf J Sommer

  11. 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

  12. Bacillus thuringiensis DB27 Produces Two Novel Protoxins, Cry21Fa1 and Cry21Ha1, Which Act Synergistically against Nematodes

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Ralf J Sommer

  13. Draft Genome Sequence of Highly Nematicidal Bacillus thuringiensis DB27

    Article • Genome Announcements, February 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Ralf J Sommer

  14. 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

  15. New Role for DCR-1/Dicer in Caenorhabditis elegans Innate Immunity against the Highly Virulent Bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis DB27

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Ralf J Sommer

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. Natural variation in Pristionchus pacificus dauer formation reveals cross-preference rather than self-preference of nematode dauer pheromones

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, February 2011, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Ralf J Sommer