Ulrich Kutschera

Summary

Affiliation: University of Kassel
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi From Darwinism to evolutionary biology
    U Kutschera
    Science 321:1157-8. 2008
  2. ncbi Cell division and turgor-driven stem elongation in juvenile plants: A synthesis
    Ulrich Kutschera
    Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich Plett Str 40, D 34132 Kassel, Germany Electronic address
    Plant Sci 207:45-56. 2013
  3. ncbi Organ-specific rates of cellular respiration in developing sunflower seedlings and their bearing on metabolic scaling theory
    Ulrich Kutschera
    Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Protoplasma 249:1049-57. 2012
  4. ncbi Brassinosteroid action in flowering plants: a Darwinian perspective
    Ulrich Kutschera
    Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California 94305, USA
    J Exp Bot 63:3511-22. 2012
  5. ncbi The Hirudo medicinalis species complex
    U Kutschera
    Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich Plett Str 40, 34109, Kassel, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 99:433-4. 2012
  6. ncbi Root phototropism: from dogma to the mechanism of blue light perception
    Ulrich Kutschera
    Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Planta 235:443-52. 2012
  7. ncbi The epidermal-growth-control theory of stem elongation: an old and a new perspective
    U Kutschera
    Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich Plett Str 40, D 34109 Kassel, Germany
    J Plant Physiol 164:1395-409. 2007
  8. ncbi The European land leech: biology and DNA-based taxonomy of a rare species that is threatened by climate warming
    U Kutschera
    Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich Plett Strasse 40, Kassel, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 94:967-74. 2007
  9. ncbi From Charles Darwin's botanical country-house studies to modern plant biology
    U Kutschera
    Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California 94305, USA
    Plant Biol (Stuttg) 11:785-95. 2009
  10. ncbi Photosynthesis research on yellowtops: macroevolution in progress
    U Kutschera
    Institut fur Biologie, Universitat Kassel, Heinrich Plett Str 40, 34109 Kassel, Germany
    Theory Biosci 125:81-92. 2007

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Publications42

  1. ncbi From Darwinism to evolutionary biology
    U Kutschera
    Science 321:1157-8. 2008
  2. ncbi Cell division and turgor-driven stem elongation in juvenile plants: A synthesis
    Ulrich Kutschera
    Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich Plett Str 40, D 34132 Kassel, Germany Electronic address
    Plant Sci 207:45-56. 2013
    ..Based on these data, we present an integrative model of axial elongation in developing seedlings of dicotyledonous plants and discuss open questions...
  3. ncbi Organ-specific rates of cellular respiration in developing sunflower seedlings and their bearing on metabolic scaling theory
    Ulrich Kutschera
    Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Protoplasma 249:1049-57. 2012
    ..In plants, this rule may reflect scaling phenomena at the level of the metabolically active protoplasmic contents of the cells...
  4. ncbi Brassinosteroid action in flowering plants: a Darwinian perspective
    Ulrich Kutschera
    Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California 94305, USA
    J Exp Bot 63:3511-22. 2012
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  5. ncbi The Hirudo medicinalis species complex
    U Kutschera
    Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich Plett Str 40, 34109, Kassel, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 99:433-4. 2012
    ..verbana is polymorphic...
  6. ncbi Root phototropism: from dogma to the mechanism of blue light perception
    Ulrich Kutschera
    Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Planta 235:443-52. 2012
    ..Open questions and possible research agendas for the future are summarized...
  7. ncbi The epidermal-growth-control theory of stem elongation: an old and a new perspective
    U Kutschera
    Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich Plett Str 40, D 34109 Kassel, Germany
    J Plant Physiol 164:1395-409. 2007
    ....
  8. ncbi The European land leech: biology and DNA-based taxonomy of a rare species that is threatened by climate warming
    U Kutschera
    Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich Plett Strasse 40, Kassel, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 94:967-74. 2007
    ..lecomtei lives. We suggest that human-induced climate change without apparent habitat destruction can lead to the extinction of populations of cold-adapted species that have a low colonization ability...
  9. ncbi From Charles Darwin's botanical country-house studies to modern plant biology
    U Kutschera
    Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California 94305, USA
    Plant Biol (Stuttg) 11:785-95. 2009
    ..Finally, we describe the establishment of the scientific discipline of Plant Biology that took place in the USA 80 years ago, and define this area of research with respect to Darwin's work on botany and the physiology of higher plants...
  10. ncbi Photosynthesis research on yellowtops: macroevolution in progress
    U Kutschera
    Institut fur Biologie, Universitat Kassel, Heinrich Plett Str 40, 34109 Kassel, Germany
    Theory Biosci 125:81-92. 2007
    ..We conclude with comments relevant to the current Intelligent Design debate...
  11. ncbi The growing outer epidermal wall: design and physiological role of a composite structure
    U Kutschera
    Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Ann Bot 101:615-21. 2008
    ..This spontaneous generation of complex design 'without an intelligent designer' evolved independently in the protective 'skin' of plants, animals and many other organisms...
  12. ncbi Symbiogenesis, natural selection, and the dynamic Earth
    U Kutschera
    Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich Plett Strasse 40, 34109 Kassel, Germany
    Theory Biosci 128:191-203. 2009
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  13. ncbi Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, directional selection, and the evolutionary sciences today
    Ulrich Kutschera
    Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich Plett Str 40, 34109, Kassel, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 96:1247-63. 2009
    ..Eubacteria, Archaea, and Cyanobacteria are, together with eukaryotic microorganisms (marine phytoplankton, etc.), the hidden "winners" in the Darwinian struggle for existence in nature...
  14. ncbi Evolutionary plant physiology: Charles Darwin's forgotten synthesis
    Ulrich Kutschera
    Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich Plett Str 40, 34109, Kassel, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 96:1339-54. 2009
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  15. ncbi Ontogenetic changes in the scaling of cellular respiration with respect to size among sunflower seedlings
    U Kutschera
    Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, USA
    Plant Signal Behav 6:72-6. 2011
    ..e., scanning- and transmission electron micrographs), draw attention to the need to measure R of developing plants in a tissue- or organ-specific context...
  16. ncbi From the scala naturae to the symbiogenetic and dynamic tree of life
    Ulrich Kutschera
    Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich Plett Str, 40, D 34109 Kassel, Germany
    Biol Direct 6:33. 2011
    ..In this article I propose a tree-like "symbiogenesis, natural selection, and dynamic Earth (synade)-model" of macroevolution that is based on these novel facts and data...
  17. ncbi Cluster formation in liverwort-associated methylobacteria and its implications
    U Kutschera
    Institut fur Biologie, Universitat Kassel, Heinrich Plett Str 40, 34109, Kassel, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 94:687-92. 2007
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  18. ncbi Macroevolution via secondary endosymbiosis: a Neo-Goldschmidtian view of unicellular hopeful monsters and Darwin's primordial intermediate form
    U Kutschera
    Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich Plett Strasse 40, 34109, Kassel, Germany
    Theory Biosci 127:277-89. 2008
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  19. ncbi Growth in liverworts of the Marchantiales is promoted by epiphytic methylobacteria
    U Kutschera
    Institut fur Biologie, Universitat Kassel, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 92:347-9. 2005
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  20. ncbi The modern theory of biological evolution: an expanded synthesis
    Ulrich Kutschera
    Institut fur Biologie, Universitat Kassel, Heinrich Plett Strasse 40, 34109 Kassel, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 91:255-76. 2004
    ..These sub-theories require continued elaboration, particularly in light of molecular biology, to answer open-ended questions concerning the mechanisms of evolution in all five kingdoms of life...
  21. ncbi The biophysical basis of cell elongation and organ maturation in coleoptiles of rye seedlings: implications for shoot development
    U Kutschera
    Institut fur Biologie, Universitat Kassel, Kassel, Germany
    Plant Biol (Stuttg) 6:158-64. 2004
    ..It is concluded that, during the first week of seedling development, the pierced, metabolically active coleoptile fulfills an essential function as an elastic basal tube for the juvenile shoot...
  22. ncbi Endosymbiosis, cell evolution, and speciation
    U Kutschera
    Institut fur Biologie, Universitat Kassel, Heinrich Plett Str 40, 34109 Kassel, Germany
    Theory Biosci 124:1-24. 2005
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  23. ncbi Plant development in the absence of epiphytic microorganisms
    U Kutschera
    FB 19 Pflanzenphysiologie, Universitat Kassel, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 89:319-21. 2002
    ..We conclude that epiphytes in the above-ground phytosphere are not necessary for the development of the sunflower seedling...
  24. ncbi Methylotrophic bacteria on the surfaces of field-grown sunflower plants: a biogeographic perspective
    S Schauer
    Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich Plett Str 40, 34109 Kassel, Germany
    Theory Biosci 127:23-9. 2008
    ..We document that in sedentary colonies extracellular polymers are secreted. However, flagella, which were observed in single cells maintained in liquid cultures, are absent in these bacterial aggregates...
  25. ncbi The evolution of the land plant life cycle
    Karl J Niklas
    Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    New Phytol 185:27-41. 2010
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  26. ncbi Plant development, auxin, and the subsystem incompleteness theorem
    Karl J Niklas
    Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University Ithaca, NY, USA
    Front Plant Sci 3:37. 2012
    ..Indeed, a whole-organism perspective is required to understand even the most simple morphogenetic process, because, when isolated, every biological signal-activated subsystem is morphogenetically ineffective...
  27. ncbi In the shadow of Darwin: Anton de Bary's origin of myxomycetology and a molecular phylogeny of the plasmodial slime molds
    T Hoppe
    Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich Plett Strasse 40, Kassel, Germany
    Theory Biosci 129:15-23. 2010
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  28. ncbi Moss-associated methylobacteria as phytosymbionts: an experimental study
    M Hornschuh
    , , Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34109, Kassel, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 93:480-6. 2006
    ..Our results support the hypothesis that the development of Funaria protonemata is promoted by beneficial phytohormone-producing methylobacteria, which can be classified as phytosymbionts...
  29. ncbi Gravitropism of axial organs in multicellular plants
    U Kutschera
    FB 19 Pflanzenphysiologie, Universitat Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34109 Kassel, Germany
    Adv Space Res 27:851-60. 2001
    ..This novel mechanism of autotropic re-bending and its implications for the Cholodny-Went hypothesis are discussed...
  30. ncbi Evolution was fine, just not in the case of humans
    U Kutschera
    Nature 437:951. 2005
  31. ncbi Designer scientific literature
    U Kutschera
    Nature 423:116. 2003
  32. ncbi Mudskippers undermine ID claims on macroevolution
    U Kutschera
    Nature 439:534. 2006
  33. ncbi A timely wake-up call as anti-evolutionists publicize their views
    U Kutschera
    Nature 444:679. 2006
  34. ncbi Leeches underline the need for linnaean taxonomy
    U Kutschera
    Nature 447:775. 2007
  35. ncbi Molecular phylogeny of selected predaceous leeches with reference to the evolution of body size and terrestrialism
    I Pfeiffer
    , , Groner Landstr. 2, , Germany
    Theory Biosci 124:55-64. 2005
    ..haskonis is the sister taxon of T. bykowskii Gedroyc, 1913, a well-known amphibious leech. Based on a comparison of body sizes and a phylogenetic tree the evolution of terrestrialism in the family Erpobdellidae is discussed...
  36. ncbi Dogma, not faith, is the barrier to scientific enquiry
    U Kutschera
    Nature 443:26. 2006
  37. ncbi The pacemaker of plant growth
    U Kutschera
    Trends Plant Sci 13:105-7. 2008
  38. ncbi Darwin-Wallace principle of natural selection
    U Kutschera
    Nature 453:27. 2008
  39. ncbi Abderhalden's fraud still wins him some supporters
    U Kutschera
    Nature 446:136. 2007
  40. ncbi The occurrence of an Australian leech species (genus Helobdella) in German freshwater habitats as revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequences
    I Pfeiffer
    , , Groner Landstr. 2, , Germany
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 33:214-9. 2004
    ..We conclude that H. europaea (syn. H. papillornata) represents an introduced annelid that occupies the same ecological niche as the common European leech H. stagnalis L...
  41. ncbi Acid growth and plant development
    U Kutschera
    Science 311:952-4; author reply 952-4. 2006
  42. ncbi Palaeobiology: the origin and evolution of a scientific discipline
    U Kutschera
    Trends Ecol Evol 22:172-3. 2007