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Reinhard M. Rieger

Reinhard M. Rieger

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
5539
World Ranking
18512
National Ranking
170

Overview

Reinhard M. Rieger was affiliated with the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Their research contributions spanned several interconnected fields, with a focus on the biological and environmental sciences.

The scientist's research output included work primarily in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, alongside contributions in Environmental Science. At a more detailed level, their studies engaged with subfields such as Molecular Biology and Global and Planetary Change. This combination indicates a cross-disciplinary approach linking molecular mechanisms with broader ecological and environmental contexts.

The main topics covered by Reinhard M. Rieger's research included:

  • Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny

Reinhard M. Rieger's recent publication record features a contribution to the Munich Personal RePEc Archive associated with Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. The listed publication is:

  • New model for the formation and function of sagittocysts: Symsagittifera corsicae n. sp. (Acoela), 2024, Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

This paper included a collaboration with co-authors who frequently partnered with Rieger, specifically Robert Gschwentner and Sanja Baric. These collaborations reflect a research network engaging various aspects of molecular and ecological biology.

The publication venues associated with Reinhard M. Rieger were primarily connected to the Munich Personal RePEc Archive, indicating focused contributions within that academic community.

Best Publications

  • 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)

    P. Ladurner;Lukas Schärer;Lukas Schärer;W. Salvenmoser;Reinhard M. Rieger

  • Is the Turbellaria polyphyletic

    Julian P. S. Smith;Seth Teyler;Reinhard M. Rieger

  • Monociliated epidermal cells in Gastrotricha: Significance for concepts of early metazoan evolution

    R. M. Rieger

  • Spatial distribution and differentiation potential of stem cells in hatchlings and adults in the marine platyhelminth macrostomum sp.: a bromodeoxyuridine analysis.

    Peter Ladurner;Reinhard Rieger;Jaume Baguñà

  • Quantitative estimates of the meiofauna from the deep sea off North Carolina, USA

    B. C. Coull;B. C. Coull;R. L. Ellison;J. W. Fleeger;J. W. Fleeger;R. P. Higgins

  • Morphology of the Turbellaria at the ultrastructural level

    Reinhard M. Rieger

  • Larval Planktotrophy—A Primitive Trait in the Bilateria?

    Gerhard Haszprunar;Luitfried v. Salvini-Plawen;Reinhard M. Rieger

  • Dispersal of Benthic Meiofauna by Wave and Current Action in Bogue Sound, North Carolina, USA

    George M. Hagerman;Reinhard M. Rieger

  • Free-living flatworms under the knife: past and present.

    Bernhard Egger;Robert Gschwentner;Reinhard Rieger

  • To be or not to be a flatworm: the acoel controversy.

    Bernhard Egger;Dirk Steinke;Hiroshi Tarui;Katrien De Mulder

  • The regeneration capacity of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano—on repeated regeneration, rejuvenation, and the minimal size needed for regeneration

    B. Egger;P. Ladurner;K. Nimeth;R. Gschwentner

  • Ultrastructure of coelomic lining in echinoderm podia: significance for concepts in the evolution of muscle and peritoneal cells

    Reinhard M. Rieger;Julian Lombardi

  • A Quantitative Study of the Meiofauna of an Exposed Sandy Beach, at Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire

    John S. Gray;Reinhard M. Rieger

  • Phalloidin-rhodamine preparations of Macrostomum hystricinum marinum (Plathelminthes): morphology and postembryonic development of the musculature

    R. M. Rieger;W. Salvenmoser;A. Legniti;S. Tyler

  • Sister-group relationship of Gnathostomulida and Rotifera-Acanthocephala

    Reinhard M. Rieger;Seth Tyler

  • 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.

    Lukas Schärer;Lukas Schärer;Peter Ladurner;Reinhard M. Rieger

  • Comparative fine structure study of the Gastrotrich cuticle and aspects of cuticle evolution within the Aschelminthes1

    Gunde E. Rieger;R. M. Rieger

  • Stem cells in a basal bilaterian

    Robert Gschwentner;Peter Ladurner;Katharina Nimeth;Reinhard Rieger

  • Fine Structure of the Archiannelid Cuticle and Remarks on the Evolution of the Cuticle Within the Spiralia

    Reinhard M. Rieger;Reinhard M. Rieger;Gunde E. Rieger;Gunde E. Rieger

  • The Homology Theorem in Ultrastructural Research

    Reinhard Rieger;Seth Tyler

Frequent Co-Authors

Lukas Schärer
Lukas Schärer University of Basel
Volker Hartenstein
Volker Hartenstein University of California, Los Angeles
John W. Fleeger
John W. Fleeger Louisiana State University
Kiyokazu Agata
Kiyokazu Agata National Institute for Basic Biology
Detlev Arendt
Detlev Arendt Heidelberg University
David W. Halton
David W. Halton Queen's University Belfast
Ulrich Technau
Ulrich Technau University of Vienna
Jaume Baguñà
Jaume Baguñà University of Barcelona
Michael W. Hess
Michael W. Hess Innsbruck Medical University
Christopher Shaw
Christopher Shaw King's College London

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