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Global diversity of Ascidiacea by Shenkar, Noa, Swalla, Billie J

“…The class Ascidiacea presents fundamental opportunities for research in the fields of development, evolution, ecology, natural products and more. This review…”
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Phylogenomics offers resolution of major tunicate relationships by Kocot, Kevin M., Tassia, Michael G., Halanych, Kenneth M., Swalla, Billie J.

“…[Display omitted] •Phylogeny of Tunicata inferred using genome and transcriptome data.•Appendicularia was recovered sister to the rest of Tunicata.•Thaliacea…”
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Deciphering deuterostome phylogeny: molecular, morphological and palaeontological perspectives by Swalla, Billie J, Smith, Andrew B

“…complex and are sister group to the vertebrates based on ribosomal and mitochondrial gene evidence. In contrast, tunicates have a highly derived adult body…”
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Phylogenomic Resolution of the Hemichordate and Echinoderm Clade by Cannon, Johanna T., Kocot, Kevin M., Waits, Damien S., Weese, David A., Swalla, Billie J., Santos, Scott R., Halanych, Kenneth M.

“…Ambulacraria, comprising Hemichordata and Echinodermata [1], is closely related to Chordata, making it integral to understanding chordate origins and…”
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The Presence of a Functionally Tripartite Through-Gut in Ctenophora Has Implications for Metazoan Character Trait Evolution by Presnell, Jason S., Vandepas, Lauren E., Warren, Kaitlyn J., Swalla, Billie J., Amemiya, Chris T., Browne, William E.

“…The current paradigm of gut evolution assumes that non-bilaterian metazoan lineages either lack a gut (Porifera and Placozoa) or have a sac-like gut…”
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Evolution and development of budding by stem cells: Ascidian coloniality as a case study by Brown, Federico D., Swalla, Billie J.

“…The evolution of budding in metazoans is not well understood on a mechanistic level, but is an important developmental process. We examine the evolution of…”
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Metamorphosis in solitary ascidians by Karaiskou, Anthi, Swalla, Billie J., Sasakura, Yasunori, Chambon, Jean-Philippe

“…Summary Embryonic and postembryonic development in ascidians have been studied for over a century, but it is only in the last 10 years that the complex…”
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The Global Diversity of Hemichordata by Tassia, Michael G, Cannon, Johanna T, Konikoff, Charlotte E, Shenkar, Noa, Halanych, Kenneth M, Swalla, Billie J

“…Phylum Hemichordata, composed of worm-like Enteropneusta and colonial Pterobranchia, has been reported to only contain about 100 species. However, recent…”
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Guidelines for the nomenclature of genetic elements in tunicate genomes by Stolfi, Alberto, Sasakura, Yasunori, Chalopin, Domitille, Satou, Yutaka, Christiaen, Lionel, Dantec, Christelle, Endo, Toshinori, Naville, Magali, Nishida, Hiroki, Swalla, Billie J., Volff, Jean-Nicolas, Voskoboynik, Ayelet, Dauga, Delphine, Lemaire, Patrick

“…Summary Tunicates are invertebrate members of the chordate phylum, and are considered to be the sister group of vertebrates. Tunicates are composed of…”
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Divergent mechanisms regulate conserved cardiopharyngeal development and gene expression in distantly related ascidians by Stolfi, Alberto, Lowe, Elijah K, Racioppi, Claudia, Ristoratore, Filomena, Brown, C Titus, Swalla, Billie J, Christiaen, Lionel

“…Ascidians present a striking dichotomy between conserved phenotypes and divergent genomes: embryonic cell lineages and gene expression patterns are conserved…”
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Deuterostome Ancestors and Chordate Origins by Swalla, Billie J

“…The Deuterostomia are a monophyletic group, consisting of the Ambulacraria, with two phyla, Hemichordata and Echinodermata, and the phylum Chordata, containing…”
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Introduction to the 2024 Chordate Origins, Evolution and Development SICB Symposium by Swalla, Billie J

“…The evolution of the distinct chordate body plan has intrigued scientists for over a hundred and seventy years. Modern genomics and transcriptomics have…”
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Man is but a worm: Chordate origins by Brown, Federico D., Prendergast, Andrew, Swalla, Billie J.

“…The origin of chordates remains one of the major puzzles of zoology, even after more than a century of intense scientific inquiry, following Darwin's “Origin…”
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The Hsp90 capacitor, developmental remodeling, and evolution: the robustness of gene networks and the curious evolvability of metamorphosis by Rutherford, Suzannah, Hirate, Yoshikazu, Swalla, Billie J

“…Genetic capacitors moderate expression of heritable variation and provide a novel mechanism for rapid evolution. The prototypic genetic capacitor, Hsp90,…”
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Reflections on forty years as a female tunicate researcher by Swalla, Billie J.

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Early lineage specification of long-lived germline precursors in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri by Brown, Federico D, Tiozzo, Stefano, Roux, Michelle M, Ishizuka, Katherine, Swalla, Billie J, De Tomaso, Anthony W

“…In many taxa, germline precursors segregate from somatic lineages during embryonic development and are irreversibly committed to gametogenesis. However, in…”
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Development and evolution of chordate cartilage by Rychel, Amanda L., Swalla, Billie J.

“…Deuterostomes are a monophyletic group of animals containing vertebrates, lancelets, tunicates, hemichordates, echinoderms, and xenoturbellids. Four out of…”
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Anterior regeneration in the hemichordate Ptychodera flava by Rychel, Amanda L., Swalla, Billie J.

“…Ptychodera flava is a hemichordate whose anterior structures regenerate reproducibly from posterior trunk pieces when amputated. We characterized the cellular…”
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Evolution of the Chordate Body Plan: New Insights from Phylogenetic Analyses of Deuterostome Phyla by Cameron, Chris B., Garey, James R., Swalla, Billie J.

“…The deuterostome phyla include Echinodermata, Hemichordata, and Chordata. Chordata is composed of three subphyla, Vertebrata, Cephalochordata (Branchiostoma),…”
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A revisited phylogeography of Nautilus pompilius by Vandepas, Lauren E., Dooley, Frederick D., Barord, Gregory J., Swalla, Billie J., Ward, Peter D.

“…The cephalopod genus Nautilus is considered a “living fossil” with a contested number of extant and extinct species, and a benthic lifestyle that limits…”
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