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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47, 433–438. | | | | Sethmann, I., Wörheide, G. (2008): Structure and composition of calcareous sponge spicules: A review and comparison to structurally related biominerals. Micron. Invited review. 39(3):209-228. Featured on cover page. | | | | Voigt, O., Erpenbeck, D., Wörheide, G. (2008): Molecular evolution of rDNA in early diverging Metazoa: First comparative analysis and phylogenetic application of complete SSU rRNA secondary structure in Porifera. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8: 69. See also 'Data' page on the left. | | | | Wörheide, G., Epp. L., Macis, L. (2008): Deep genetic divergences among Indo-Pacific populations of the coral reef sponge Leucetta chagosensis (Leucettidae): founder effects, vicariance, or both? BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:24. | | | | Erpenbeck, D., List-Armitage, S., Alvarez, B., Degnan, B.M., Wörheide, G., Hooper, J.N. (2007): The systematics of Raspailiidae (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Microcionina) re-analysed with a ribosomal marker. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 87: 1571-1576. | | | | Solé-Cava A., Wörheide, G. (2007): The perils and merits (or The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) of DNA barcoding of sponges – a controversial discussion. In: Custódio MR, Lôbo-Hajdu G, Hajdu E, Muricy G (eds) Porifera Research: Biodiversity, Innovation & Sustainability. pp 603–612. Museu Nacional, Série livros 28, Rio de Janeiro. | | | | Wörheide, G., Erpenbeck D., Menke C. (2007): The Sponge Barcoding Project – aiding in the identification and description of poriferan taxa. In: Custódio MR, Lôbo-Hajdu G, Hajdu E, Muricy G (eds) Porifera Research: Biodiversity, Innovation & Sustainability., pp 123–128. Museu Nacional, Série livros 28, Rio de Janeiro. | | | | Erpenbeck, D., Wörheide, G. (2007): On the molecular phylogeny of sponges (Porifera). Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy. Zootaxa 1668, 107–126. OPEN ACCESS. | | | | Erpenbeck, D., Cleary, D.F.R., Voigt, O., Nichols, S.A., Degnan, B.M., Hooper, J.N.A., Wörheide, G. (2007): Analysis of evolutionary, biogeographical and taxonomic patterns of nucleotide composition in demosponge rRNA. Journal of the Marine Biological Society of the United Kingdom. 87:1607-1614. | | | | Sethmann, I. Helbig, U. & Wörheide, G. (2007): Octocoral sclerite ultrastructures and experimental approach to underlying biomineralisation principles. Special issue on Biomineralisation. CrystEngComm. 9:1262–1268. | | | | Hutchings, P., Ahyong, S., Byrne, M., Przeslawski, R., Wörheide, G. (2007): Vulnerability of benthic invertebrates of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change. Chapter 11. In: Johnson, J. and Marshall, P. (Eds.). Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef: A Vulnerability Assessment. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, Queensland. pp. 309-356. Free access at GBRMPA book site. | | | | Jackson, D., Wörheide, G., Degnan, B.M. (2007): Developmental gene expression during ecological changes in the mollusc shell: insights into the evolution of ontogenetic shell types. BMC Evolutionary Biology>. 7: 160. Open access. | | | | Erpenbeck, D., Duran, S., Rützler, K., Paul, V., Hooper, J.N.A., Wörheide, G. (2007): Towards a DNA taxonomy of Caribbean demosponges: a gene tree reconstructed from partial mitochondrial CO1 gene sequences supports previous rDNA phylogenies and provides a new perspective on the systematics of Demospongiae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 87: 1563-1570. | | | | Wörheide, G. & Erpenbeck, D. (2007): DNA taxonomy of sponges – progress and perspectives. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 87:1629-1633. | | | | Bentlage, B. & Wörheide, G. (2007): Low genetic structuring among Pericharax heteroraphis (Porifera: Calcarea) populations from the Great Barrier Reef (Australia), revealed by analysis of nrDNA and nuclear intron sequences. Coral reefs, 26: 807-816. | | | | Jackson, D. J., Macis, L., Reitner, J., Degnan, B. M., & Wörheide, G. (2007): Sponge Paleogenomics Reveals an Ancient Role for Carbonic Anhydrase in Skeletogenesis. Science 316(5833): 1893-1895 Abstract. Free PDF reprint. Faculty of 1000 Biology MUST READ. | | | | Erpenbeck, D., Hooper, J. N. A., List-Armitage, S. E., Degnan, B. M., Wörheide, G., van Soest, R. W. M. (2007): Affinities of the family Sollasellidae (Porifera, Demospongiae). II. Molecular evidence. Contributions to Zooology. 76(2) 95-102. | | | | Erpenbeck, D., Nichols, S.A., Voigt, O., Dohrmann, M., Degnan, B.M., Hooper, J.N.A., Wörheide, G. (2007): Phylogenetic analyses under secondary structure-specific substitution models outperform traditional approaches - case studies with diploblast LSU. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 64(5): 543-557. | | | | Erpenbeck, D., Voigt, O., Adamski, M., Adamska, M., Hooper, J.N.A.,Wörheide, G., Degnan, B.M. (2007): Mitochondrial diversity of early branching Metazoa is revealed by the complete mt genome of a haplosclerid demosponge. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24(1): 19-22. | | | | Jackson, D.J., McDougall, C., Green, K., Simpson, F., Wörheide, G., Degnan, B.M. (2006): A rapidly evolving secretome builds and patterns a sea shell. BMC Biology. 40: 4. Open Access. Featured in ABC Science News. See BMC's press release. | | | | Schreiber, A., Wörheide, G., Thiel, V. (2006) The fatty acids of calcareous sponges (Calcarea, Porifera). Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 143(1-2), 29-37. | | | | Dohrmann, M., Voigt, O., Erpenbeck, D., Wörheide, G., (2006): Non-monophyly of most supraspecific taxa of calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) revealed by increased taxon sampling and partitioned Bayesian analysis of ribosomal DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40(3), 830-843. | | | | Erpenbeck, D., Hooper, J.N.A., Wörheide, G., (2006): CO1 phylogenies in diploblasts and the "Barcoding of Life" - are we sequencing a suboptimal partition? Molecular Ecology Notes 6(2): 550-553. | | | | Sethmann, I., Hinrichs, R., Wörheide, G., Putnis, A. (2006) Nano-cluster composite structure of calcitic sponge spicules – A showcase study of basic characteristics of biominerals. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 100(1), 88-96. | | | | Larroux C., Fahey B., Liubicich D., Hinman V.F., Gauthier M., Gongora M., Wörheide G., Leys S.P., Degnan B.M. (2006) Developmental gene expression in a sponge: insights into the last common ancestor of all metazoans. Evolution & Development. 8(2), 150-173. | | | | Wörheide, G. (2006) Low variation in partial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) mitochondrial sequences in the coralline demosponge Astrosclera willeyana across the Indo-Pacific. Marine Biology. 148(5), 907-912. | | | | Gussone, N., Böhm, F., Eisenhauer, A., Dietzel, M., Heuser, A., Teichert, B.M.A., Reitner, J., Wörheide, G., Dullo, W.-C. (2005): Calcium Isotope Fractionation in Calcite and Aragonite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 69(18): 4485-4494. | | | | Nichols S. & Wörheide, G. (2005) Sponges: New views of old animals. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 45(2): 333-334. | | | | Wörheide, G., Solé-Cava, A.M., Hooper, J.N.A. (2005): Biodiversity, molecular ecology and phylogeography of marine sponges: patterns, implications and outlooks. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 45(2): 377-385. | | | | Wörheide, G., Nichols, S., Goldberg, J. (2004) Intragenomic variation of the rDNA internal transcribed spacers in sponges (Phylum Porifera): implications for phylogenetic studies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33(3): 816-830. | | | | Wörheide, G., Solé-Cava, A.M., Fromont, J. (2004): Population genetics and phylogeography of sponges - a workshop synthesis. Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti biologici dell Università di Genova 68: 683-688. | | |
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