Pristionchus Pacificus

A Nematode Model for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-26029-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 420 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 816 g

Reihe: Nematology Monographs and Perspectives

This edited volume on the nematode model Pristionchus pacificus describes an integrative approach to evolutionary biology. It aims for a merger of evolutionary and comparative biology with mechanistic approaches based on genetics and molecular biology.
Insight into the function of biological systems obtained from laboratory studies when complemented with ecology, natural variation and natural history of an organism, can provide detailed knowledge of the proximate and ultimate causations of species.
Ralf J. Sommer developed P. pacificus as model system for integrative evolutionary biology with case studies in evo-devo and population genetics on La Réunion Island. Similarly, ecological interactions with scarab beetles revealed examples for the evolution of novelty at the morphological and behavioural level and their underlying molecular mechanisms.

Contributors include Paul W. Sternberg, Ralf J. Sommer, Jagan Srinivasan, Christian Rödelsperger, Frank C. Schroeder, Robin M. Giblin-Davis,
Natsumi Kanzaki, Matthias Herrmann, Angela McGaughran, Katy Morgan, Akira Ogawa, Federico D. Brown, Ray E. Hong, Robbie Rae,
Amit Sinha, David Rudel, and Erik J. Ragsdale.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sommer, Ralf J.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Entwicklungsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements

1. Why Caenorhabditis elegans is great and Pristionchus pacificus might be better
Paul W. STERNBERG

2. Integrative evolutionary biology and mechanistic approaches in comparative biology
Ralf J. SOMMER

3. Diplogastrid systematics and phylogeny
Natsumi KANZAKI and Robin M. GIBLIN-DAVIS

4. Taxonomy and natural history: the genus Pristionchus
Erik J. RAGSDALE, Natsumi KANZAKI and Matthias HERRMANN

5. The laboratory model: genetics, genetic mapping and transgenics
Laura AURILIO and Jagan SRINIVASAN

6. Comparative and functional genomics
Christian RÖDELSPERGER and Christoph DIETERICH

7. Small molecule signalling: encoding biological information in chemical structures
Frank C. SCHROEDER

8. Population genetics and the La Réunion case study
Angela MCGAUGHRAN and Katy MORGAN

9. Evo-devo and developmental systems drift: an evolving paradigm in organ formation and tissue coordination, vulva and gonad development in Pristionchus pacificus
David RUDEL

10. Dauer formation and dauer-specific behaviours in Pristionchus pacificus
Akira OGAWA and Federico BROWN

11. Mouth dimorphism and the evolution of novelty and diversity
Erik J. RAGSDALE

12. Pristionchus pacificus olfaction
Ray L. HONG

13. Anatomy and connectivity in the pharyngeal nervous system
Dan BUMBARGER and Metta RIEBESELL

14. Bacterial interactions and the innate immune system
Amit SINHA and Robbie RAE

Gene index
Species index
General index

Über Autor(innen)

Ralf J. Sommer, Ph. D. (1992), LMU Munich, is Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology and Adjunct Professor at Tübingen University. As a trained zoologist, his research aims to integrate various disciplines in evolutionary biology.