@misc{MwinyiMeyerBleidornetal.2009, author = {Mwinyi, Adina and Meyer, Achim and Bleidorn, Christoph and Lieb, Bernhard and Bartolomaeus, Thomas and Podsiadlowski, Lars}, title = {Mitochondrial genome sequence and gene order of Sipunculus nudus give additional support for an inclusion of Sipuncula into Annelida}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-44916}, year = {2009}, abstract = {Background: Mitochondrial genomes are a valuable source of data for analysing phylogenetic relationships. Besides sequence information, mitochondrial gene order may add phylogenetically useful information, too. Sipuncula are unsegmented marine worms, traditionally placed in their own phylum. Recent molecular and morphological findings suggest a close affinity to the segmented Annelida. Results: The first complete mitochondrial genome of a member of Sipuncula, Sipunculus nudus, is presented. All 37 genes characteristic for metazoan mtDNA were detected and are encoded on the same strand. The mitochondrial gene order (protein-coding and ribosomal RNA genes) resembles that of annelids, but shows several derivations so far found only in Sipuncula. Sequence based phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial protein-coding genes results in significant bootstrap support for Annelida sensu lato, combining Annelida together with Sipuncula, Echiura, Pogonophora and Myzostomida. Conclusion: The mitochondrial sequence data support a close relationship of Annelida and Sipuncula. Also the most parsimonious explanation of changes in gene order favours a derivation from the annelid gene order. These results complement findings from recent phylogenetic analyses of nuclear encoded genes as well as a report of a segmental neural patterning in Sipuncula.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Meyer2013, author = {Meyer, Lars}, title = {The working memory of argument - verb dependencies : spatiotemporal brain dynamics during sentence processing}, series = {MPI Series in human cognitive and brain sciences}, volume = {145}, journal = {MPI Series in human cognitive and brain sciences}, publisher = {Max Planck Inst. for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences}, address = {Leipzig}, isbn = {978-3-941504-29-5}, pages = {193 S.}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @article{PohleHosoyaPohleetal.2022, author = {Pohle, Lara and Hosoya, Georg and Pohle, Jennifer and Meyer-Jenßen, Lars}, title = {The relationship between early childhood teachers' instructional quality and children's mathematics development}, series = {Learning and instruction : the journal of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction}, volume = {82}, journal = {Learning and instruction : the journal of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0959-4752}, doi = {10.1016/j.learninstruc.2022.101636}, pages = {12}, year = {2022}, abstract = {This study examined how early childhood (EC) teachers' instructional quality predicted children's development in mathematics across two measurement occasions. Therefore, EC teachers' (n = 25) instructional quality was assessed using one standardized observation instrument covering both domain-specific and general aspects of instructional quality. Additionally, data on children's (n = 208) outcome in early number skills was collected applying a standardized test. Multilevel structural equation modeling was used accounting for nested data. Children's age and the average size of preschool groups were controlled for. Results revealed that EC teachers' instructional quality predicted children's development but was not associated with their initial achievement. The findings suggest that instruments covering domain-specific and general aspects might be helpful in order to measure EC teachers' instructional quality in mathematics and predict children's learning growth. Understanding the mechanisms between instructional quality and children's development may help EC teachers to enhance their math teaching in practice.}, language = {en} }