Complete list of publications

 

Turetzek N, Pechmann M, Janssen R, Prpic NM 
Hox genes in spiders: their significance for development and evolution.
Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology (in press).

 

Janssen R, Schomburg C, Prpic NM, Budd GE 
A comprehensive study of arthropod and onychophoran Fox gene expression patterns.
PLoS one 17:e0270790 (2022).

 

Prpic NM, Pechmann M
Extra-embryonic tissue in chelicerates: a review and outlook.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 377:20210269 (2022).

 

Schomburg C, Janssen R, Prpic NM
Phylogenetic analysis of forkhead transcription factors in the Panarthropoda.
Development Genes and Evolution 232, 39–48 (2022).

 

Pechmann M, Prpic NM
The T-box gene optomotor-blind organizes proximodistal leg patterning in the beetle Tribolium castaneum by repressing dorsal Dpp pathway activity.
Developmental Biology 482, 124-134 (2022).

 

Jauker B, Prpic-Schäper NM
Zoologische Lehrsammlung. 
In: Theiß A (Hrsg.), Lierz M (Hrsg.), Friese K (Fotografien). Sachverstand. Die Sammlungen der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen. 1. Auflage. Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen. Pp. 111-118 (2021).

 

Schomburg C, Turetzek N, Prpic NM
Candidate gene screen for potential interaction partners and regulatory targets of the Hox gene labial in the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. 
Development Genes and Evolution 230, 105-120 (2020).

 

Thomas GWC, Dohmen E, Hughes DST, Murali SC, Poelchau M, Glastad K, Anstead CA, Ayoub NA, Batterham P, Bellair M, Binford GJ, Chao H, Chen YH, Childers C, Dinh H, Doddapaneni HV, Duan JJ, Dugan S, Esposito LA, Friedrich M, Garb J, Gasser RB, Goodisman MAD, Gundersen-Rindal DE, Han Y, Handler AM, Hatakeyama M, Hering L, Hunter WB, Ioannidis P, Jayaseelan JC, Kalra D, Khila A, Korhonen PK, Lee CE, Lee SL, Li Y, Lindsey ARI, Mayer G, McGregor AP, McKenna DD, Misof B, Munidasa M, Munoz-Torres M, Muzny DM, Niehuis O, Osuji-Lacy N, Palli SR, Panfilio KA, Pechmann M, Perry T, Peters RS, Poynton HC, Prpic NM, Qu J, Rotenberg D, Schal C, Schoville SD, Scully ED, Skinner E, Sloan DB, Stouthamer R, Strand MR, Szucsich NU, Wijeratne A, Young ND, Zattara EE, Benoit JB, Zdobnov EM, Pfrender ME, Hackett KJ, Werren JH, Worley KC, Gibbs RA, Chipman AD, Waterhouse RM, Bornberg-Bauer E, Hahn MW, Richards S 
Gene content evolution in the arthropods. 
Genome Biology 21:15 (2020).

 

Heingård M, Turetzek N, Prpic NM, Janssen R
FoxB, a new and highly conserved key factor in arthropod dorsal-ventral (DV) limb patterning. 
EvoDevo 10:28 (2019).

 

Prpic NM
A lesson in homology. 
eLife 8:e48335 (2019).

 

Quade FSC, Holtzheimer J, Frohn J, Töpperwien M, Salditt T, Prpic NM
Formation and development of the male copulatory organ in the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum involves a metamorphosis-like process. 
Scientific Reports 9:6945 (2019).

 

Prpic NM
Ein mögliches neues Merkmal zur Unterscheidung zwischen den Weichwanzen Orthops basalis (A. Costa, 1853) und Orthops kalmii (Linnaeus, 1758) (Heteroptera: Miridae). 
Heteropteron - Mitteilungsblatt der Arbeitsgruppe Mitteleuropäischer Heteropterologen 54, 21-22 (2019).

 

Prpic NM
Homology of endites and palps in insect mouthparts: Recent advances based on gene expression studies. 
In: Fusco G (ed.) Perspectives on Evolutionary and Developmental Biology. Essays for Alessandro Minelli. Festschrift Series 2:259-268. Padova University Press, Padova, Italy (2019).

 

Quade FSC, Preitz B, Prpic NM
A perforated anodised aluminium slide for improved specimen clearing and imaging for confocal laser scanning microscopy. 
BMC Research Notes 11:716 (2018).

 

Leite DJ, Baudouin-Gonzalez L, Iwasaki-Yokozawa S, Lozano-Fernandez J, Turetzek N, Akiyama-Oda Y, Prpic NM, Pisani D, Oda H, Sharma PP, McGregor A
Homeobox gene duplication and divergence in arachnids.
Molecular Biology and Evolution 35, 2240-2253 (2018).

 

Königsmann T, Turetzek N, Pechmann M, Prpic NM
Expression and function of the zinc finger transcription factor Sp6–9 in the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum.
Development Genes and Evolution 227, 389-400 (2017).

 

Prpic NM
Das Geisterfischchen Ctenolepisma calva in Frankfurt am Main (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae).
Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 66, 101 (2017).

 

Turetzek N, Khadjeh S, Schomburg C, Prpic NM
Rapid diversification of homothorax expression patterns after gene duplication in spiders.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 17:168 (2017).

 

Schwager EE, Sharma PP, Clarke T, Leite DJ, Wierschin T, Pechmann M, Akiyama-Oda Y, Esposito L, Bechsgaard J, Bilde T, Buffry AD, Chao H, Dinh H, Doddapaneni H, Dugan S, Eibner C, Extavour CG, Funch P, Garb J, Gonzalez LB, Gonzalez VL, Griffiths-Jones S, Han Y, Hayashi C, Hilbrant M, Hughes DST, Janssen R, Lee SL, Maeso I, Murali SC, Muzny DM, Nunes da Fonseca R, Paese CLB, Qu J, Ronshaugen M, Schomburg C, Schönauer A, Stollewerk A, Torres-Oliva M, Turetzek N, Vanthournout B, Werren JH, Wolff C, Worley KC, Bucher G, Gibbs RA, Coddington J, Oda H, Stanke M, Ayoub NA, Prpic NM, Flot JF, Posnien N, Richards S, McGregor AP
The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution.
BMC Biology 15: 62 (2017).

 

Turetzek N, Prpic NM
Observations on germ band development in the cellar spider Pholcus phalangioides.
Development Genes and Evolution 226, 413-422 (2016).

 

Prpic NM
Notizen zur Nomenklatur einiger Hummelschweber der deutschen Fauna (Diptera: Bombyliidae).
Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 65, 85-88 (2016).

 

Prpic NM, Posnien N
Size and shape - integration of morphometrics, mathematical modelling, developmental and evolutionary biology.
Development Genes and Evolution 226, 109-112 (2016).

 

Turetzek N, Pechmann M, Schomburg C, Schneider J, Prpic NM
Neofunctionalization of a duplicate dachshund gene underlies the evolution of a novel leg segment in arachnids.
Molecular Biology and Evolution 33, 109-121 (2016).

 

Pechmann M, Schwager EE, Turetzek N, Prpic NM
Regressive evolution of the arthropod tritocerebral segment linked to functional divergence of the Hox gene labial.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282, 20151162 (2015).

 

Prpic NM
Nomina dubia in the genus Theridion resulting from errors in instalment six of Carl Wilhelm Hahn´s "Monographie der Spinnen" (Araneae: Theridiidae).
Arachnologische Mitteilungen 50, 85-90 (2015).

 

Schomburg C, Turetzek N, Schacht MI, Schneider J, Kirfel P, Prpic NM, Posnien N
Molecular characterization and embryonic origin of the eyes in the common house spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum.
EvoDevo 6, 15 (2015).

 

Prpic NM
Hilara leandrina Strobl, 1910: an overlooked replacement name for Hilara czernyi Strobl, 1910 (currently Hilara borealis Oldenberg, 1916) (Diptera: Empididae).
Nachrichtenblatt der bayerischen Entomologen 64, 48-49 (2015).

 

Prpic NM
Die Schmetterlingsmücke Psychoda sigma Kincaid, 1899 (= Psychoda surcoufi Tonnoir, 1922) nachgewiesen in Frankfurt am Main (Hessen) in einer Biomülltonne (Diptera: Psychodidae).
Nachrichtenblatt der bayerischen Entomologen 64, 28-33 (2015).

 

Struck T, Haug C, Haszprunar G, Prpic NM, Haug JT
Enalikter aphson is more likely an annelid than an arthropod: A comment to Siveter et al. (2014).
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282, 20140946 (2015).

 

Janssen R, Jörgensen M, Prpic NM, Budd GE
Aspects of dorso-ventral and proximo-distal limb patterning in onychophorans.
Evolution & Development 17, 21-33 (2015).

 

Posnien N, Zeng V, Schwager EE, Pechmann M, Hilbrant M, Keefe JD, Damen WGM, Prpic NM, McGregor A, Extavour CG
A comprehensive reference transcriptome resource for the common house spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum.
PLoS One 9, e104885 (2014).

 

Prpic-Schäper NM
Die Horn- und Makrelenhechte Deutschlands (Chordata: Teleostei: Belonidae, Scomberesocidae).
Hefte zur Tierwelt Deutschlands 4, 1-27 (2013).

 

Schaeper ND, Wimmer EA, Prpic NM
Appendage patterning in the primitively wingless hexapods Thermobia domestica (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) and Folsomia candida (Collembola: Isotomidae).
Development Genes and Evolution 223, 341-350 (2013).

 

Dönitz J, Grossmann D, Schild I, Schmitt-Engel C, Bradler S, Prpic NM, Bucher B
TrOn: An anatomical ontology for the beetle Tribolium castaneum.
PLoS One 8, e70695 (2013).

 

Khadjeh S, Turetzek N, Pechmann M, Prpic NM
Warum Spinnen (nur) acht Beine haben.
Biologie in unserer Zeit 43, 112-117 (2013).

 

Prpic-Schäper NM
Die Dornwurmwespen Deutschlands (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ibaliidae).
Hefte zur Tierwelt Deutschlands 3, 1-25 (2012).

 

Grossmann D, Prpic NM
Egfr signaling regulates distal as well as medial fate in the embryonic leg of Tribolium castaneum.
Developmental Biology 370, 264-272 (2012).

 

Prpic NM
Nomenclatural note on the identity of Agrion viridis Vander Linden, 1820: a plea for the selection of a neotype (Odonata: Zygoptera, Lestidae).
Nachrichtenblatt der bayerischen Entomologen 61, 76-79 (2012).

 

Pechmann M, Khadjeh S, Turetzek N, Prpic NM
Beinentwicklung und Gliedmaßen-Evolution bei Spinnen.
BIOspektrum 18, 365-368 (2012).

 

Khadjeh S, Turetzek N, Pechmann M, Schwager EE, Wimmer EA, Damen WGM, Prpic NM
Divergent role of the Hox gene Antennapedia in spiders is responsible for the convergent evolution of abdominal limb repression.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109, 4921-4926 (2012).

 

Prpic NM
Nachweis der Koniferen-Samen-Wanze Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 in Südniedersachsen.
Heteropteron - Mitteilungsblatt der Arbeitsgruppe Mitteleuropäischer Heteropterologen 36, 40 (2012).

 

Pechmann M, Khadjeh S, Turetzek N, McGregor AP, Damen WGM, Prpic NM
Novel function of Distal-less as a gap gene during spider segmentation.
PLoS Genetics 7:e1002342 (2011).

 

Prpic-Schäper NM
Die Farnblattwespen Deutschlands (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Blasticotomidae).
Hefte zur Tierwelt Deutschlands 2, 1-13 (2011).

 

Janssen R, Budd GE, Prpic NM, Damen WGM
Expression of myriapod pair rule gene orthologs.
EvoDevo 2:5 (2011).

 

Prpic-Schäper NM
Die Florfliegenwespen Deutschlands (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Heloridae).
Hefte zur Tierwelt Deutschlands 1, 1-21 (2010).

 

Janssen R, Le Gouar M, Pechmann M, Poulin F, Bolognesi R, Schwager EE, Hopfen C, Colbourne JK, Budd GE, Brown SJ, Prpic NM, Kosiol C, Vervoort M, Damen WGM, Balavoine G, McGregor AP
Conservation, loss, and redeployment of Wnt ligands in protostomes: implications for understanding the evolution of segment formation.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:374 (2010).

 

Pechmann M, Khadjeh S, Sprenger F, Prpic NM
Patterning mechanisms and morphological diversity of spider appendages and their importance for spider evolution.
Arthropod Structure & Development 39, 453-467 (2010).

 

Schaeper ND, Pechmann M, Damen WGM, Prpic NM, Wimmer EA
Evolutionary plasticity of collier function in head development of diverse arthropods.
Developmental Biology 344, 363-376 (2010).

 

Janssen R, Eriksson BJ, Budd GE, Akam M, Prpic NM
Gene expression patterns in an onychophoran reveal that regionalization predates limb segmentation in pan-arthropods.
Evolution & Development 12, 363-372 (2010).

 

Schaeper ND, Prpic NM, Wimmer EA
A clustered set of three Sp-family genes is ancestral in the Metazoa: evidence from sequence analysis, protein domain structure, developmental expression patterns and chromosomal location.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:88 (2010).

 

Grossmann D, Scholten J, Prpic NM
Separable functions of wingless in distal and ventral patterning of the Tribolium leg.
Development Genes and Evolution 219, 469-479 (2009).

 

Kittelmann M, Schinko JB, Winkler M, Bucher G, Wimmer EA, Prpic NM
Insertional mutagenesis screening identifies the zinc finger homeodomain 2 (zfh2) gene as a novel factor required for embryonic leg development in Tribolium castaneum.
Development Genes and Evolution 219, 399-407 (2009).

 

Schaeper ND, Prpic NM, Wimmer EA
A conserved function of the zinc finger transcription factor Sp8/9 in allometric appendage growth in the milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus.
Development Genes and Evolution 219, 427-435 (2009).

 

Pechmann M, Prpic NM
Appendage patterning in the South American bird spider Acanthoscurria geniculata (Araneae: Mygalomorphae).
Development Genes and Evolution 219, 189-198 (2009).

 

Damen WGM, Prpic NM, Janssen R
Embryonic development and the understanding of the adult body plan in myriapods.
Soil Organisms 81, 337-346 (2009).

 

Prpic NM, Damen WGM
Notch-mediated segmentation of the appendages is a molecular phylotypic trait of the arthropods.
Developmental Biology 326, 262-271 (2009).

 

Toegel JP, Wimmer EA, Prpic NM
Loss of spineless function transforms the Tribolium antenna into a thoracic leg with pretarsal, tibiotarsal and femoral identity.
Development Genes and Evolution 219, 53-58 (2009).

 

Prpic NM
Parasegmental appendage allocation in annelids and arthropods and the homology of parapodia and arthropodia.
Frontiers in Zoology 5:17 (2008).

 

Prpic NM, Schoppmeier M, Damen WGM
Dissecting Spider Embryos for Light Microscopy.
CSH Protocols 3, 950-954 (2008).

 

Prpic NM, Schoppmeier M, Damen WGM
Detection of Cell Proliferation in Spider Embryos Using BrdU Labeling.
CSH Protocols 3, 945-949 (2008).

 

Prpic NM, Schoppmeier M, Damen WGM
Gene Silencing via Embryonic RNAi in Spider Embryos.
CSH Protocols 3, 941-944 (2008).

 

Prpic NM, Schoppmeier M, Damen WGM
Detection of Cell Death in Spider Embryos using TUNEL.
CSH Protocols 3, 937-940 (2008).

 

Prpic NM, Schoppmeier M, Damen WGM
Whole-Mount In Situ Hybridization of Spider Embryos.
CSH Protocols 3, 933-936 (2008).

 

Prpic NM, Schoppmeier M, Damen WGM
Collection and Fixation of Spider Embryos.
CSH Protocols 3, 930-932 (2008).

 

Prpic NM, Schoppmeier M, Damen WGM
The American Wandering Spider Cupiennius salei.
CSH Protocols 3, 878-880 (2008).

 

Prpic NM, Schoppmeier M, Damen WGM
The American Wandering Spider Cupiennius salei. A Model for Behavioral, Evolutionary, and Developmental Studies.
In: Handbook of Emerging Model Organisms, Volume 1, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (2008). Pp. 347-372.
_{(Note: Hardcover edition first published in 2008, paperback edition first published in 2009)}

 

Janssen R, Budd GE, Damen WGM, Prpic NM
Evidence for Wg-independent tergite boundary formation in the millipede Glomeris marginata.
Development Genes and Evolution 218, 361-370 (2008).

 

Prpic NM, Telford MJ
Expression of homothorax and extradenticle mRNA in the legs of the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis: evidence for a reversal of gene expression regulation in the pancrustacean lineage.
Development Genes and Evolution 218, 333-339 (2008).

 

McGregor AP, Hilbrant M, Pechmann M, Schwager EE, Prpic NM, Damen WGM
Cupiennius salei and Achaearanea tepidariorum: spider models for investigating evolution and development.
BioEssays 30, 487-498 (2008).

 

Janssen R, Feitosa NM, Damen WGM, Prpic NM
The T-box genes H15 and optomotor-blind in the spiders Cupiennius salei, Tegenaria atrica and Achaearanea tepidariorum and the dorso-ventral axis of arthropod appendages.
Evolution & Development 10, 143-154 (2008).

 

Prpic NM, Damen WGM
Arthropod appendages: a prime example for the evolution of morphological diversity and innovation.
In: Evolving Pathways: Key Themes in Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Edited by Alessandro Minelli and Giuseppe Fusco. Cambridge University Press. Pp. 381-398 (2008).

 

Janssen R, Prpic NM, Damen WGM
Dorso-ventral differences in gene expression in Glomeris marginata Villers, 1789 (Myriapoda: Diplopoda).
The Norwegian Journal of Entomology 53, 129-137 (2006).

 

Kimm MA, Prpic NM
Formation of the arthropod labrum by fusion of paired and rotated limb-bud-like primordia.
Zoomorphology 125, 147-155 (2006).

 

Janssen R, Prpic NM, Damen WGM
A review of the correlation of tergites, sternites, and leg pairs in diplopods.
Frontiers in Zoology 3:2 (2006).

 

Damen WGM, Janssen R, Prpic NM
Pair rule gene orthologs in spider segmentation.
Evolution & Development 7, 618-628 (2005).

 

Prpic NM, Damen WGM
Cell death during germ band inversion, dorsal closure and nervous system development in the spider Cupiennius salei.
Developmental Dynamics 234, 222-228 (2005).

 

Prpic NM, Damen WGM
Diversification of nubbin expression patterns in arthropods: data from an additional spider species, Cupiennius salei.
Evolution & Development 7, 276-279 (2005).

 

Prpic NM, Damen WGM
A homolog of the hydrolase Notum is expressed during segmentation and appendage formation in the Central-American hunting spider Cupiennius salei.
Naturwissenschaften 92, 246-249 (2005).

 

Prpic NM
Duplicated Pax6 genes in Glomeris marginata (Myriapoda: Diplopoda), an arthropod with simple lateral eyes.
Zoology 108, 47-53 (2005).

 

Prpic NM, Janssen R, Damen WGM, Tautz D
Evolution of dorsal-ventral axis formation in arthropod appendages: H15 and optomotor-blind/bifid-type T-box genes in the millipede Glomeris marginata (Myriapoda: Diplopoda).
Evolution & Development 7, 51-57 (2005).

 

Prpic NM
Homologs of wingless and decapentaplegic display a complex and dynamic expression profile during appendage development in the millipede Glomeris marginata (Myriapoda: Diplopoda).
Frontiers in Zoology 1:6 (2004).

 

Prpic NM, Damen WGM
Expression patterns of leg genes in the mouthparts of the spider Cupiennius salei (Chelicerata: Arachnida).
Development Genes and Evolution 214, 296-302 (2004).

 

Janssen R, Prpic NM, Damen WGM
Gene expression suggests decoupled dorsal and ventral segmentation in the millipede Glomeris marginata (Myriapoda: Diplopoda).
Developmental Biology 268, 89-104 (2004).

 

Prpic NM, Janssen R, Wigand B, Klingler M, Damen WGM
Gene expression in spider appendages reveals reversal of exd/hth spatial specificity, altered leg gap gene dynamics, and suggests divergent distal morphogen signaling.
Developmental Biology 264, 119-140 (2003).

 

Prpic NM, Tautz D
The expression of the proximodistal axis patterning genes Distal-less and dachshund in the appendages of Glomeris marginata (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) suggests a special role of these genes in patterning the head appendages.
Developmental Biology 260, 97-112 (2003).

 

Prpic NM, Wigand B, Damen WGM, Klingler M
Expression of dachshund in wild-type and mutant Distal-less Tribolium corroborates serial homologies in insect appendages.
Development Genes and Evolution 211, 467-477 (2001).

 

Prpic NM
A new species of Loxosoma from north-western Finistère, France (Spiralia, Kamptozoa (= Entoprocta), Solitaria, Loxosomatidae).
Spixiana 24, 97-102 (2001).

 

Prpic NM
Re-discovered type material of Pyrameis ida Alfken, 1899 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae).
New Zealand Entomologist 23, 87-88 (2000).

 

Prpic NM
Vanessa braziliensis Moore, 1838: Faunal Element of the Canary Islands? (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae).
Nachrichtenblatt der bayerischen Entomologen 48, 109-111 (1999).

 

 

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