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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sommer, Ralf J., 1963-

Series:

Nematology Monographs and Perspectives 11.

Nematology monographs and perspectives ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nematodes.

Evolution (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (438 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Sommer Ralf J.

Why Caenorhabditis elegans is great and Pristionchus pacificus might be better / Paul W. Sternberg

Integrative evolutionary biology and mechanistic approaches in comparative biology / Ralf J. Sommer

Diplogastrid systematics and phylogeny / Natsumi Kanzaki and Robin M. Giblin-Davis

Taxonomy and natural history: the genus Pristionchus / Erik J. Ragsdale , Natsumi Kanzaki and Matthias Herrmann

The laboratory model: genetics, genetic mapping and transgenics / Laura Aurilio and Jagan Srinivasan

Comparative and functional genomics / Christian Rödelsperger and Christoph Dieterich

Small-molecule signalling: encoding biological information in chemical structures / Frank C. Schroeder

Population genetics and the La Réunion case study / Angela McGaughran and Katy Morgan

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

Dauer formation and dauer-specific behaviours in Pristionchus pacificus / Akira Ogawa and Federico Brown

Mouth dimorphism and the evolution of novelty and diversity / Erik J. Ragsdale

Pristionchus pacificus olfaction / Ray L. Hong

Anatomy and connectivity in the pharyngeal nervous system / Dan Bumbarger and Metta Riebesell

Bacterial interactions and the innate immune system / Amit Sinha and Robbie Rae

Index of genes and proteins / Sommer Ralf J.

Index of genera and species / Sommer Ralf J.

General index / Sommer Ralf J..

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9789004260306

9004260307

OCLC:

904505666

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004260306 DOI