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Listing of publications with author Schärer L
author date title journal / publication
Binz T, Reusch TBH, Wedekind C, Schärer L, Sternberg JM, Milinski M 2000 Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus. Molecular Ecology 11: 1926-1927
Brand JN, Harmon LJ, Schärer L 2022 Frequent origins of traumatic insemination involve convergent shifts in sperm and genital morphology Evolution Letters 6(1): 63-82
[doi: 10.1002/evl3.268
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Brand JN, Harmon LJ, Schärer L 2022 Mating behavior and reproductive morphology predict macroevolution of sex allocation in hermaphroditic flatworms BMC Biology 20(1):
[doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01234-1
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Brand JN, Viktorin G, Wiberg RAW, Beisel C, Schärer L 2022 Large-scale phylogenomics of the genus Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes) reveals cryptic diversity and novel sexual traits. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 166: 107296
[doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107296
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Brand JN, Wiberg RAW, Pjeta R, Bertemes P, Beisel C, Ladurner P, Schärer L 2020 RNA-Seq of three free-living flatworm species suggests rapid evolution of reproduction-related genes. BMC Genomics Vol 21(1): 462
[doi: 10.1186/s12864-020-06862-x
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Brauer VS, Schärer L, Michiels NK 2007 Phenotypically flexible sex allocation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite Evolution 61(1): 216-222
[doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00018.x
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Janssen T, Vizoso DB, Schulte G, Littlewood DTJ, Waeschenbach A, Schärer L 2015 The first multi-gene phylogeny of the Macrostomorpha sheds light on the evolution of sexual and asexual reproduction in basal Platyhelminthes Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 92 82-107
[doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.06.004
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Janssen T, Vizoso DB, Schulte G, Littlewood DTJ, Waeschenbach A, Schärer L 2020 The first multi-gene phylogeny of the Macrostomorpha sheds light on the evolution of sexual and asexual reproduction in basal Platyhelminthes (vol 92, pg 82, 2015) Volume: 146 Article Number: 106708
[doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106708
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Kaufmann P, Schärer L 2020 Is the initiation of selfing linked to a hermaphrodite's female or male reproductive function? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol 74(4): 41
Ladurner P, Egger B, De Mulder K, Pfister D, Kuales G, Salvenmoser W, Schärer L 2008 The stem cell system of the basal flatworm Macrostomum lignano Chapter 5 In: Bosch TCG (ed.), Stem Cells: From Hydra to Man
Ladurner P, Pfister D, Seifarth C, Schärer L, Mahlknecht M, Salvenmoser W, Gerth R, Rieger R 2005 Production of cell- and tissue-specific monoclonal antibodies for the flatworm Macrostomum sp. Histochemistry and Cell Biology 123: 89-104
Ladurner P, Schärer L, Salvenmoser W, Rieger RM 2005 A new model organism among the lower Bilateria and the use of digital microscopy in taxonomy of meiobenthic Platyhelminthes: Macrostomum lignano,n.sp. (Rhabditophora, Macrostomorpha). J Zool Syst Evol Res 43:114-126
Marie-Orleach L, Vogt-Burri N, Mouginot P, Schlatter A, Vizoso DB, Bailey NW, Schärer L 2017 Indirect genetic effects and sexual conflicts: Partner genotype influences multiple morphological and behavioral reproductive traits in a flatworm. Evolution, Vol 71(5): 1232-1245
Marie-Orleach L, Janicke T, Vizoso, DB, David P, Schärer L 2016 Quantifying episodes of sexual selection: Insights from a transparent worm with fluorescent sperm. Evolution, 70(2): 314-328
Marie-Orleach L, Schärer L 2013 Effects of mating status on copulatory and postcopulatory behaviour in a simultaneous hermaphrodite. Animal Behaviour Volume:85(2): 453-461
Marie-Orleach L, Vellnow N, Schärer L 2021 The repeatable opportunity for selection differs between pre- and postcopulatory fitness components. Evolution Letters, Vol 5(1): 101-114
[doi: 10.1002/evl3.210
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Ramm SA, Lengerer B, Arbore R, Pjeta R, Wunderer J, Giannakara A, Berezikov E, Ladurner P, Schärer L 2019 Sex allocation plasticity on a transcriptome scale: Socially sensitive gene expression in a simultaneous hermaphrodite Molecular Ecology, Vol 28(9): 2321-2341
[doi: 10.1111/mec.15077
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Ramm SA, Schlatter A, Poirier M, Schärer L 2015 Hypodermic self-insemination as a reproductive assurance strategy Proc Roy Soc B 282(1811) http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1811/20150660
[doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0660
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Ramm SA, Vizoso DB, Schärer L 2012 Occurrence, costs and heritability of delayed selfing in a free-living flatworm. J. Evol. Biol. 25: 2559–2568
Schärer L 2009 Tests of sex allocation theory in simultaneously hermaphroditic animals. Evolution 63, 1377–1405
Schärer L, Knoflach D, Vizoso DB, Rieger G, Peintner U 2007 Thraustochytrids as novel parasitic protists of marine free-living flatworms: Thraustochytrium caudivorum sp. nov. parasitizes Macrostomum lignano. Marine Biology (Berlin) Volume: 152 Issue: 5: 1095-1104
Schärer L, Brand JN, Singh P, Zadesenets KS, Stelzer C-P, Viktorin G 2019 A phylogenetically informed search for an alternative Macrostomum model species, with notes on taxonomy, mating behavior, karyology, and genome size Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Vol 58(1): 41-65
[doi: 10.1111/jzs.12344
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Schärer L, Janicke T, Ramm SA 2014 Sexual conflict in hermaphrodites. Cold Spring Harb. Persp. Biol. 7, a017673.
Schärer L, Joss G, Sandner P 2004 Mating behaviour of the marine turbellarian Macrostomum sp.: these worms suck. Marine Biology 145: 373-380
Schärer L, Karlsson LM, Christen M, Wedekind C 2001 Size-dependent sex allocation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite parasite. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14: 55-67
Schärer L, Ladurner P 2003 Phenotypically plastic adjustment of sex allocation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite. Proceedings Royal Society London Series B 270: 935–94
Schärer L, Ladurner P, Rieger RM 2004 Bigger testes do work more: experimental evidence that testis size reflects testicular cell proliferation activity in the marine invertebrate, the free-living flatworm Macrostomum sp. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56: 420-425
Schärer L, Littlewood DT, Waeschenbach A, Yoshida W, Vizoso DB 2011 Mating behavior and the evolution of sperm design. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA January 25, 2011 108 (4) 1490-1495
[doi: 10.1073/pnas.1013892108
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Schärer L, Pen I 2013 Sex allocation and investment into pre- and post-copulatory traits in simultaneous hermaphrodites: the role of polyandry and local sperm competition. Royal Society Philosophical Transactions Biological Sciences, 368(1613): 1-14
Schärer L, Robertson DR 1999 Sperm and milt characteristics and male versus female gametic investment in the Caribbean reef fish, Thalassoma bifasciatum. Journal of Fish Biology 55: 329-343
Schärer L, Sandner P, Michiels NK 2005 Trade-off between male and female allocation in the simultaneously hermaphroditic flatworm Macrostomum sp. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18: 396-404
Schärer L, Vizoso DB 2003 Earlier sex change in infected individuals of the protogynous reef fish Thalassoma bifasciatum. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 55: 137-143
Schärer L, Vizoso DB 2006 Phenotypic plasticity in sperm production rate: there’s more to it than testis size Evolutionary Ecology 21(3): 295-306
[doi: 10.1007/s10682-006-9101-4
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Schärer L, Wedekind C 1999 Lifetime reproductive output in a hermaphrodite cestode when reproducing alone or in pairs: a time cost of pairing. Evolutionary Ecology 13: 381-394
Schärer L, Wedekind C 2001 Social situation, sperm competition and sex allocation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite parasite, Schistocephalus solidus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14: 942-953
Schärer L, Zaubzer J, Salvenmoser W, Seifarth C, Ladurner P 2007 Tracking sperm of a donor in a recipient: an immunocytochemical approach Animal Biology 57(2): 121-136
[doi: 10.1163/157075607780377992
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Singh P, Vellnow N, Schärer L 2020 Variation in sex allocation plasticity in three closely related flatworm species. Ecology and Evolution, Vol:10(1): 26-37
Smith JPS, Schärer L 2021 Bradynectes ensifer n. sp. (Platyhelminthes: Macrostomorpha) from North Carolina, USA Zootaxa 4927 (4): 587–592
[https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4927.4.10
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T Janssen, DB Vizoso, Schulte G, Littlewood DTJ, Waeschenbach A, Schärer L 2020 Corrigendum to "The first multi-gene phylogeny of the Macrostomorpha sheds light on the evolution of sexual and asexual reproduction in basal Platyhelminthes". [Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 92 (2015) 82–107] Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146(May)
[doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106708
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Vellnow N, Marie-Orleach L, Zadesenets KS, Schärer L 2018 Bigger testes increase paternity in a simultaneous hermaphrodite, independently of the sperm competition level. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Vol 31(2): 180-196
Wedekind C, Christen M, Schärer L, Treichel N 2000 Relative helminth size in crustacean hosts: in vivo determination, and effects of host gender and within-host competition in a copepod infected by a cestode. Aquatic Ecology 34: 279-285
Wedekind C, Strahm D, Schärer L 1998 Evidence for strategic egg production in a hermaphroditic cestode. Parasitology 117: 373-382
Wiberg RAW, Brand JN, Schärer L 2021 Faster rates of molecular sequence evolution in reproduction-related genes and in species with hypodermic sperm morphologies. Molecular biology and evolution, Vol 38(12): 5685–5703
[https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab276
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Wiberg RAW, Viktorin G, Schärer L 2022 Mating strategy predicts gene presence/absence patterns in a genus of simultaneously hermaphroditic flatworms. Evolution, Vol 76(12): 3054-3066
[https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14635
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Wudarski J, Egger B, Ramm SA, Schärer L, Ladurner P, Zadesenets KS, Rubtsov NB, Mouton S, Berezikov E 2020 The free-living flatworm Macrostomum lignano. EVODEVO Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Article Number: 5
[doi: 10.1186/s13227-020-00150-1
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Zadesenets KS, Jetybayev IY, Schärer L, Rubtsov NB 2020 Genome and Karyotype Reorganization after Whole Genome Duplication in Free-Living Flatworms of the Genus Macrostomum International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 21(2) Article Number: 680
[doi: 10.3390/ijms21020680
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Zadesenets KS, Schärer L, Rubtsov NB 2017 New insights into the karyotype evolution of the free-living flatworm Macrostomum lignano (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria). Scientific Reports, Vol 7: 6066

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