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7832
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18942
National Ranking
7737

Overview

Billie J. Swalla is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily intersects multiple fields within environmental science, including global and planetary change, ocean engineering, molecular biology, paleontology, and language and linguistics.

Their scholarly output includes work published predominantly in journals such as Integrative and Comparative Biology, Evolution & Development, and Current Topics in Developmental Biology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Swalla cover a range of subjects related to developmental biology, evolutionary biology, and marine ecology. Notable publications include:

  • Transitional chordates and vertebrate origins: Tunicates (2020), published in Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • Future Tail Tales: A Forward-Looking, Integrative Perspective on Tail Research (2021), published in Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • The Degenerate Tale of Ascidian Tails (2021), published in Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • An Introduction to an Evolutionary Tail: EvoDevo, Structure, and Function of Post-Anal Appendages (2021), published in Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • A cis-regulatory change underlying the motor neuron-specific loss of Ebf expression in immotile tunicate larvae (2020), published in Evolution & Development

Swalla's work frequently covers topics such as marine ecology and invasive species, marine biology and environmental chemistry, developmental biology and gene regulation, paleontology and evolutionary biology, linguistics and language evolution, marine invertebrate physiology and ecology, and zebrafish biomedical research applications.

The scientist collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including Alberto Stolfi, Alexander Fodor, Elijah K. Lowe, Jiatai Liu, and M. Janneke Schwaner. These collaborations reflect multidisciplinary efforts in evolutionary and developmental biology.

Their research venues indicate a focus on integrative and comparative biological studies and evolutionary developmental biology, contributing to specialized areas in marine and environmental sciences. The range of topics and venues demonstrates an engagement with both molecular and ecological perspectives within biological science.

Best Publications

  • The magnitude of global marine species diversity

    Ward Appeltans;Shane T. Ahyong;Shane T. Ahyong;Gary Anderson;Martin V. Angel

  • The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems

    Leonid L. Moroz;Kevin M. Kocot;Mathew R. Citarella;Sohn Dosung

  • The origin and evolution of animal appendages

    Grace Panganiban;Steven M. Irvine;Chris Lowe;Henry Roehl

  • Evolution of the chordate body plan: New insights from phylogenetic analyses of deuterostome phyla

    Chris B. Cameron;James R. Garey;Billie J. Swalla

  • Global Diversity of Ascidiacea

    Noa Shenkar;Billie J. Swalla

  • Deciphering deuterostome phylogeny: molecular, morphological and palaeontological perspectives

    Billie J Swalla;Andrew B Smith

  • Evaluating Hypotheses of Deuterostome Phylogeny and Chordate Evolution with New LSU and SSU Ribosomal DNA Data

    Christopher J. Winchell;Jack Sullivan;Christopher B. Cameron;Billie J. Swalla

  • Urochordates Are Monophyletic Within the Deuterostomes

    Billie J. Swalla;Chris B. Cameron;Chris B. Cameron;Laura S. Corley;James R. Garey

  • Molecular phylogeny of the protochordates: chordate evolution

    Liyun Zeng;Billie J Swalla

  • Phylogenomic Resolution of the Hemichordate and Echinoderm Clade

    Johanna T. Cannon;Johanna T. Cannon;Kevin M. Kocot;Kevin M. Kocot;Kevin M. Kocot;Damien S. Waits;David A. Weese;David A. Weese

  • A molecular analysis of ascidian metamorphosis reveals activation of an innate immune response.

    Brad Davidson;Billie J. Swalla

  • Requirement of the Manx Gene for Expression of Chordate Features in a Tailless Ascidian Larva

    Billie J. Swalla;William R. Jeffery

  • Building divergent body plans with similar genetic pathways

    B J Swalla;B J Swalla

  • The Hsp90 Capacitor, Developmental Remodeling, and Evolution: The Robustness of Gene Networks and the Curious Evolvability of Metamorphosis

    Suzannah Rutherford;Yoshikazu Hirate;Billie J Swalla

  • Man is but a worm: chordate origins.

    Federico D. Brown;Andrew Prendergast;Billie J. Swalla

  • Evolution of alternate modes of development in ascidians.

    William R. Jeffery;Billie J. Swalla

  • Interspecific hybridization between an anural and urodele ascidian: differential expression of urodele features suggests multiple mechanisms control anural development.

    Billie J. Swalla;William R. Jeffery

  • Coloniality has evolved once in Stolidobranch Ascidians.

    Liyun Zeng;Molly W. Jacobs;Billie J. Swalla

  • Development and evolution of chordate cartilage.

    Amanda L. Rychel;Billie J. Swalla

  • Nodal signaling and the evolution of deuterostome gastrulation.

    Helen K. Chea;Helen K. Chea;Christopher V. Wright;Billie J. Swalla;Billie J. Swalla

Frequent Co-Authors

William R. Jeffery
William R. Jeffery University of Maryland, College Park
Kenneth M. Halanych
Kenneth M. Halanych University of North Carolina Wilmington
Leonid L. Moroz
Leonid L. Moroz University of Florida
Yutaka Satou
Yutaka Satou Kyoto University
Patrick Lemaire
Patrick Lemaire Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Hiroki Nishida
Hiroki Nishida Osaka University
Mark Q. Martindale
Mark Q. Martindale University of Florida
Nori Satoh
Nori Satoh Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Sean B. Carroll
Sean B. Carroll University of Maryland, College Park
Shane T. Ahyong
Shane T. Ahyong Australian Museum

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