Pristionchus pacificus : : a nematode model for comparative and evolutionary biology / / edited by Ralf J. Sommer.

• Superior document: Nematology monographs and perspectives ; v. 11
• TeilnehmendeR: Sommer, Ralf J., 1963-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Nematology Monographs and Perspectives 11.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (438 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Why Caenorhabditis elegans is great and Pristionchus pacificus might be better /; Integrative evolutionary biology and mechanistic approaches in comparative biology /; Diplogastrid systematics and phylogeny /; Taxonomy and natural history: the genus Pristionchus /; The laboratory model: genetics, genetic mapping and transgenics /; Comparative and functional genomics /; Small-molecule signalling: encoding biological information in chemical structures /; Population genetics and the La Réunion case study /; Evo-devo and developmental systems drift: an evolving paradigm in organ formation and tissue coordination, vulva and gonad development in Pristionchus pacificus /; Dauer formation and dauer-specific behaviours in Pristionchus pacificus /; Mouth dimorphism and the evolution of novelty and diversity /; Pristionchus pacificus olfaction /; Anatomy and connectivity in the pharyngeal nervous system /; Bacterial interactions and the innate immune system /; Index of genes and proteins /; Index of genera and species /; General index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004260307
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Ralf J. Sommer.

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.