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List of works by Georg Mayer

A Cambrian micro-lobopodian and the evolution of arthropod locomotion and reproduction

scientific article (publication date: December 2007)

A Cambrian unarmoured lobopodian, †Lenisambulatrix humboldti gen. et sp. nov., compared with new material of †Diania cactiformis

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

A Carboniferous Non-Onychophoran Lobopodian Reveals Long-Term Survival of a Cambrian Morphotype

scientific article published on August 9, 2012

A living fossil tale of Pangaean biogeography

scientific article (publication date: 22 January 2014)

A new and critically endangered species and genus of Onychophora (Peripatidae) from the Brazilian savannah – a vulnerable biodiversity hotspot

scientific article published in 2014

A new giant egg-laying onychophoran (Peripatopsidae) reveals evolutionary and biogeographical aspects of Australian velvet worms

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

A new species of Eoperipatus (Onychophora) from Vietnam reveals novel morphological characters for the South-East Asian Peripatidae

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A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names

scientific article published on 5 July 2012

Analysis of the opsin repertoire in the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini provides insights into the evolution of opsin genes in panarthropoda

scientific article (publication date: 4 September 2014)

Apodemes associated with limbs support serial homology of claws and jaws in Onychophora (velvet worms)

scientific article published on 07 August 2013

Assessing segmental versus non-segmental features in the ventral nervous system of onychophorans (velvet worms).

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Cambrian lobopodians and extant onychophorans provide new insights into early cephalization in Panarthropoda

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Capture of Prey, Feeding, and Functional Anatomy of the Jaws in Velvet Worms (Onychophora).

scientific article published on 30 March 2015

Cellular morphology of leg musculature in the water bear Hypsibius exemplaris (Tardigrada) unravels serial homologies

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

Comment on “The lower Cambrian lobopodian <i>Cardiodictyon</i> resolves the origin of euarthropod brains”

scientific article published on 29 June 2023

Comparative anatomy of slime glands in onychophora (velvet worms).

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Conserved versus derived patterns of controlled cell death during the embryonic development of two species of Onychophora (velvet worms).

scientific article published on 15 February 2017

Controversies surrounding segments and parasegments in onychophora: insights from the expression patterns of four "segment polarity genes" in the peripatopsid Euperipatoides rowelli

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Correction: Low-resolution vision in a velvet worm (Onychophora) (doi: 10.1242/jeb.175802)

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Cryptic speciation in Brazilian Epiperipatus (Onychophora: Peripatidae) reveals an underestimated diversity among the peripatid velvet worms.

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Decay of velvet worms (Onychophora), and bias in the fossil record of lobopodians

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Der „Sekundenkleber“ der Stummelfüßer

Detection of cell proliferation in adults of the water bear Hypsibius dujardini (Tardigrada) via incorporation of a thymidine analog.

scientific article published on 12 March 2018

Earliest Onychophoran in Amber Reveals Gondwanan Migration Patterns

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Evaluation of contrasting techniques for X-ray imaging of velvet worms (Onychophora).

scientific article published on 22 February 2018

Evolution of pigment-dispersing factor neuropeptides in Panarthropoda: Insights from Onychophora (velvet worms) and Tardigrada (water bears).

scientific article published on 7 April 2015

Evolution of the arthropod nervous system

scientific article published on 01 May 2011

Evolution of the arthropod nervous system. Part 2

scientific article published on 28 May 2011

Evolutionary changes in the integument of the onychophoran Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis (Peripatidae)

Evolutionary trade-off in reproduction of Cambrian arthropods

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Expression of NK cluster genes in the onychophoran Euperipatoides rowelli: implications for the evolution of NK family genes in nephrozoans

scientific article published on 18 July 2018

Expression study of the hunchback ortholog in embryos of the onychophoran Euperipatoides rowelli.

scientific article published on 21 June 2015

External morphogenesis of the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini as revealed by scanning electron microscopy.

scientific article published on 6 February 2017

Functional morphology of a lobopod: case study of an onychophoran leg

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

Genome size and chromosome number in velvet worms (Onychophora).

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Growth patterns in Onychophora (velvet worms): lack of a localised posterior proliferation zone

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Halloween genes in panarthropods and the evolution of the early moulting pathway in Ecdysozoa

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Immunolocalization of Arthropsin in the Onychophoran Euperipatoides rowelli (Peripatopsidae).

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Insights into the segmental identity of post-oral commissures and pharyngeal nerves in Onychophora based on retrograde fills

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Latest anomalocaridid affinities challenged.

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Low resolution vision in a velvet worm (Onychophora).

scientific article published on 6 April 2018

Mechanoresponsive lipid-protein nanoglobules facilitate reversible fibre formation in velvet worm slime.

scientific article published on 17 October 2017

Miniaturization of tardigrades (water bears): Morphological and genomic perspectives

scientific article published on 03 December 2018

Myoanatomy of the velvet worm leg revealed by laboratory-based nanofocus X-ray source tomography.

scientific article published on 6 November 2017

Neural development in Onychophora (velvet worms) suggests a step-wise evolution of segmentation in the nervous system of Panarthropoda

scientific article published on 13 August 2009

Neural development in the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini based on anti-acetylated α-tubulin immunolabeling.

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Neural markers reveal a one-segmented head in tardigrades (water bears)

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Neuronal tracing of oral nerves in a velvet worm-Implications for the evolution of the ecdysozoan brain.

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Novel origin of lamin-derived cytoplasmic intermediate filaments in tardigrades

scientific article published on 3 February 2016

Opsins in onychophora (velvet worms) suggest a single origin and subsequent diversification of visual pigments in arthropods

scientific article published on 7 June 2012

Phylogenetic analysis and expression patterns of Pax genes in the onychophoran Euperipatoides rowelli reveal a novel bilaterian Pax subfamily.

scientific article published on January 2015

Phylum Onychophora Grube, 1853

scientific article published on 30 August 2013

Reversible Supramolecular Assembly of Velvet Worm Adhesive Fibers via Electrostatic Interactions of Charged Phosphoproteins

scientific article published on 30 August 2018

Revision of Tasmanian viviparous velvet worms (Onychophora : Peripatopsidae) with descriptions of two new species

Selective neuronal staining in tardigrades and onychophorans provides insights into the evolution of segmental ganglia in panarthropods

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Slime protein profiling: a non-invasive tool for species identification in Onychophora (velvet worms)

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Spectral sensitivity in Onychophora (velvet worms) revealed by electroretinograms, phototactic behaviour and opsin gene expression

scientific article published on 23 January 2015

Structure and development of onychophoran eyes: what is the ancestral visual organ in arthropods?

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Support for vicariant origins of the New Zealand Onychophora

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The Genomic Basis of Arthropod Diversity

article published in 2018

The mitochondrial genome of the onychophoran Opisthopatus cinctipes (Peripatopsidae) reflects the ancestral mitochondrial gene arrangement of Panarthropoda and Ecdysozoa.

scientific article published on 20 May 2010

The nervous and visual systems of onychophorans and tardigrades: learning about arthropod evolution from their closest relatives

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The origins of the arthropod nervous system: insights from the Onychophora

scientific article published on 22 February 2011

The role of ventral and preventral organs as attachment sites for segmental limb muscles in Onychophora

scientific article (publication date: 5 December 2013)

Ultrastructure of mesoderm in embryos of Opisthopatus roseus (Onychophora, Peripatopsidae): revision of the "long germ band" hypothesis for Opisthopatus.

scientific article published in January 2005

Unexplored character diversity in onychophora (velvet worms): A comparative study of three peripatid species

scientific article published in 2012

Velvet worm development links myriapods with chelicerates

scientific article (publication date: 22 October 2009)

When are cellular oscillators sufficient for sequential segmentation?

scientific article published on 5 March 2011