Prof. Dr. Erik James Ragsdale

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsEvolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology (Zoology),Developmental Biology
Keywordssystematics, nematodes, evolution, genetics, developmental plasticity

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBloomington
InstitutionIndiana University
InstituteDepartment of Biology
Homepagehttps://ragslab.bio.indiana.edu

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ralf J. SommerAbteilung 4 - Evolutionsbiologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie Tübingen, Tübingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2011

Programme(s)

2011Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2015Erik J. Ragsdale: Mouth dimorphism and the evolution of novelty and diversity. In: Ralf J. Sommer, Pristionchus pacificus: a nematode model for comparative and evolutionary biology. Brill, 2015. 301-329
2015Vladislav Susoy, Erik J. Ragsdale, Natsumi Kanzaki, Ralf J. Sommer: Rapid diversification associated with a macroevolutionary pulse of developmental plasticity. In: eLife, 2015, e05463
2015Erik J. Ragsdale, Natsumi Kanzaki, Matthias Herrmann: Taxonomy and natural history: the genus Pristionchus. In: Ralf J. Sommer, Pristionchus pacificus: a nematode model for comparative and evolutionary biology. Brill, 2015. 77-120
2014Vahan Serobyan, Erik J. Ragsdale, Ralf J. Sommer: Adaptive value of a predatory mouth-form in a dimorphic nematode. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B , 2014, 20141334
2013Erik J. Ragsdale, Manuela R. Müller, Christian Rödelsperger, Ralf J. Sommer: A developmental switch coupled to the evolution of plasticity acts through a sulfatase. In: Cell, 2013, 922-933
2013Vahan Serobyan, Erik J. Ragsdale, Manuela R. Müller, Ralf J. Sommer: Feeding plasticity in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus is influenced by sex and social context and is linked to developmental speed. In: Evolution & Development, 2013, 161-170
2013Erik J. Ragsdale, Natsumi Kanzaki, Waltraud Röseler, Matthias Herrmann, Ralf J. Sommer: Three new species of Pristionchus (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) show morphological divergence through evolutionary intermediates of a novel feeding-structure polymorphism. In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2013, 671-698
2013Natsumi Kanzaki, Erik J. Ragsdale, Matthias Herrmann, Vladislav Susoy, Ralf J. Sommer: Two androdioecious and one dioecious new species of Pristionchus (Nematoda: Diplogastridae): new reference points for the evolution of reproductive mode. In: Journal of Nematology, 2013, 172-194
2012Neelanjan Bose, Akira Ogawa, Stephan H. von Reuss, Joshua J. Yim, Erik J. Ragsdale, Ralf J. Sommer, Frank C. Schroeder Complex small-molecule architectures regulate phenotypic plasticity in a nematode. In: Angewandte Chemie, 2012, 12438-12443