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1. Reviews

Pass G (2000) Accessory pulsatile organs: evolutionary innovations in insects. Ann Rev Entomol 45: 493-516

Pass G (1998) Accessory pulsatile organs. In: Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates (Harrison F, Locke M eds). Vol 11B: Insecta. Wiley: New York, pp. 621-640

2. Articles

Reumont BMv, Meusemann K, Szucsich NU, Dell´Ampio E, Gowry-Shankar V, Bartel D, Simon S, Letsch H, Stocsitis RR, Luan Y, Wägele JW, Pass G, Hadrys H, Misof B (2009) Can comprehensive background knowledge be incorporated into substitution models to improve phylogenetic analyses? A case study on major arthropod relationships BMC Evol Biol. 9: 119 Published online 2009 May 27

Dell’Ampio E, Szucsich NU, Carapelli A, Frati F, Steiner G, Steinacher A, Pass G (2009)
Testing for misleading effects in the phylogenetic reconstruction of ancient lineages of hexapods: Influence of character dependence and character choice in analyses of 28S rRNA sequences. Zool Scripta 38: 155-170

Lehmacher C, Tögel M, Pass G, Paululat A (2009) The Drosophila wing hearts consist of syncytial muscle cells that resemble adult somatic muscles. Arthropod Structure and Development 38: 101-110

Szucsich NU, Pass G (2008) Incongruent phylogenetic hypotheses and character conflicts in morphology: The root and early branches of the hexapodan tree. Mitt Dtsch Ges Allg Angew Ent 16:415-429

Tögel M, Pass G, Paululat A (2008) The Drosophila wing hearts originate from pericardial cells and are essential for wing maturation. Developmental Biology 318:29-37

Pass G, Gereben-Krenn B-A, Merl M, Plant J, Szuscsich NU, Tögel M (2006) Phylogenetic relationships of the orders of Hexapoda:contributions from the circulatory organs for a morphological matrix. Arthropod Syst & Phylogeny 64: 165-203

Bruvo B, Huber B, Steinacher A, Pass G (2005) Molecular phylogeny of pholcid spiders inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Mol Phyl Evol 37:661-673

Scheuch M., Pass G., Grünweis FM., Wrbka T. (2005) Interdisciplinary Project – “Expedition to Cultural Landscapes“. A Teacher Education Module for Nature Experience and Environmental Education. In Posch P., Kyburz-Graber, R. (Hrsg.). Reflective Practice in Teacher Education - Learning from Case Studies of Environmental Education. Peter Lang Verlag: Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles. pp. 183-193

Pernstich A, Krenn HW, Pass G (2003) Preparation of serial sections of arthropods using 2,2-dimethoxypropane dehydration and epoxy resin embedding under vacuum. Biotechnic & Histochemistry 78: 5-9

Hertel W, Pass G (2002) An evolutionary treatment of the morphology and physiology of circulatory organs in insects. Comp Biochem Physiol A 133: 555-575

Hertel W, Wirkner CS, Pass G (2002) Studies on the cardiac physiology of Onychophora and Chilopoda. Comp Biochem Physiol A 133: 605-609

Wirkner CS, Pass G (2002) The circulatory system in Chilopoda: functional morphology and phylogenetic aspects. Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 83:193-202

Pass G (2001) Die vielen Herzen der Insekten: evolutionärer Ursprung und strukturelle Diversität. Mitt Dtsch Ges Allg Angew Ent 13: 293-297

Gereben-Krenn BA, Pass G (2000) Circulatory organs of abdominal appendages in primitive insects (Hexapoda: Archaeognatha, Zygentoma and Ephemeroptera). Acta Zoologica 81: 285-292

Micholitsch T, Krügel P, Pass G (2000) Insemination and fertilization in the seed bug Lygaeus simulans (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Eur J Entomol 97: 13-18

Tadler A, Nemeschkal Hl, Pass G (1999) Phenotypical selection of male characters by cryptic female choice in the seedbug Lygaeus simulans (Heteroptera, Lygaeidae). Biol J Linn Soc 68:471-483

Matus S, Pass G (1999) Antennal circulatory organ of Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera:Apidae) and other Hymenoptera: functional morphology and phylogenetic aspects. Int J Insect Morph & Embryol 28: 97-109

Gereben-Krenn BA, Pass G (1999) Circulatory organs of Diplura (Hexapoda): the basic design in Hexapoda? Int J Insect Morph & Embryol 28:71-79

Krenn HW, Pass G (1995) Morphological diversity and phylogenetic analysis of wing circulatory organs in insects, part II: Holometabola. Zoology 98:147-164

Krenn HW, Pass G (1994) Morphological diversity and phylogenetic analysis of wing circulatory organs in insects, part I: non-Holometabola. Zoology 98:7-22

Krenn HW, Pass G (1993) Wing-hearts in Mecoptera (Insecta).
Int J Insect Morphol Embryol 22:63-76

Pass,G. (1991) Antennal circulatory organs in Onychophora, Myriapoda and Hexapoda: functional morphology and evolution. Zoomorphology 110:145-164

Pass G (1989) Dürer und die wissenschaftliche Tierdarstellung der Renaissance. Jahrb Kunsthist Samml Wien 82/83:57-67

Hertel W, Pass G, Penzlin G (1988) The effect of the neuropeptide proctolin and of octopamine on the antennal heart of Periplaneta americana. Symp Biol Hungar 36:351-362

Pass G (1988) Functional morphology and evolutionary apsects of unusual antennal circulatory organs in Labidura riparia Pallas (Labiduridae), Forficula auricularia L. and Chelidurella acanthopygia Géné (Forficulidae) (Dermaptera: Insecta).Int J Insect Morph Embryol 17: 103-112

Pass G, Agricola H, Birkenbeil H, Penzlin H (1988) Morphology of neurones associated with the antennal heart of Periplaneta americana (Blattodea, Insecta). Cell Tissue Res 253:319-326

Pass G, Sperk G, Agricola H, Baumann E, Penzlin H (1988)
Octopamine in a neurohaemal area within the antennal heart of the American cockroach. J exp Biol 135:495-498

Pass G (1987) "Cercus heart" in stoneflies - a new type of accessory circulatory organ in insects. Naturwissenschaften 74:440-441

Hertel W, Pass G, Penzlin H (1985) Electrophysiological investigation of the antennal heart of Periplaneta americana and its reactions to proctolin. J Insect Physiol 31:563-572

Pass G (1985) Gross and fine structure of the antennal circulatory organ in cockroaches (Blattodea, Insecta). J Morph 185:255-268