Epernicus: Billie J. Swalla, Ph.D.

Billie J. Swalla, Ph.D.

Position:
Professor

Biology

Friday Harbor Laboratories

University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Degrees:

Ph.D., Developmental Biology, University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)

M.S., Biology, University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)

B.S., Zoology, Botany minor, University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
Past Advisors:

William R. Jeffery (as Post Doctoral Fellow)

Michael Solursh (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)
Research:
Evolution and Development of the Chordates
Tunicate Phylogeny, Development and Evolution
Hemichordate Phylogeny, Development and Evolution
Honors:
2005-2007 2005-07 Chair of the SICB Division of Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Communities:

Billie Swalla's Genealogy

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Billie Swalla's Publications (53)

Early lineage specification of long-lived germline precursors in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri.
Brown FD, Tiozzo S, Roux MM, Ishizuka K, Swalla BJ, De Tomaso AW

Development (Cambridge, England). 2009 Oct;136(20):3485-94
Molecular phylogeny of hemichordata, with updated status of deep-sea enteropneusts.
Cannon JT, Rychel AL, Eccleston H, Halanych KM, Swalla BJ

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. 2009 Jul;52(1):17-24
Whole body regeneration in a colonial ascidian, Botrylloides violaceus.
Brown FD, Keeling EL, Le AD, Swalla BJ

Journal of experimental zoology. Part B. Molecular and developmental evolution. 2009 Jul 8
Anterior regeneration in the hemichordate Ptychodera flava.
Rychel AL, Swalla BJ

Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 2008 Nov;237(11):3222-32
Chordate origins and evolution.
Swalla BJ, Xavier-Neto J

Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000). 2008 Nov;46(11):575-9
Man is but a worm: chordate origins.
Brown FD, Prendergast A, Swalla BJ

Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000). 2008 Nov;46(11):605-13
Deciphering deuterostome phylogeny: molecular, morphological and palaeontological perspectives.
Swalla BJ, Smith AB

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 2008 Apr 27;363(1496):1557-68
Euro chordates: Ascidian community swims ahead. The 4th International Tunicate meeting in Villefranche sur Mer.
Sardet C, Swalla BJ, Satoh N, Sasakura Y, Branno M, Thompson EM, Levine M, Nishida H

Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 2008 Apr;237(4):1207-13
Analysis of large scale expression sequenced tags (ESTs) from the anural ascidian, Molgula tectiformis.
Gyoja F, Satou Y, Shin-i T, Kohara Y, Swalla BJ, Satoh N

Developmental biology. 2007 Jul 15;307(2):460-82
A complement response may activate metamorphosis in the ascidian Boltenia villosa.
Roberts B, Davidson B, MacMaster G, Lockhart V, Ma E, Wallace SS, Swalla BJ

Development genes and evolution. 2007 Jun;217(6):449-58
Development and evolution of chordate cartilage.
Rychel AL, Swalla BJ

Journal of experimental zoology. Part B. Molecular and developmental evolution. 2007 May 15;308(3):325-35
The Hsp90 capacitor, developmental remodeling, and evolution: the robustness of gene networks and the curious evolvability of metamorphosis.
Rutherford S, Hirate Y, Swalla BJ

Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology. 2007 Sep-Oct;42(5):355-72
Vasa expression in a colonial ascidian, Botrylloides violaceus.
Brown FD, Swalla BJ

Evolution & development. 2007 Mar-Apr;9(2):165-77
Building divergent body plans with similar genetic pathways.
Swalla BJ

Heredity. 2006 Sep;97(3):235-43
Evolution and development of the chordates: collagen and pharyngeal cartilage.
Rychel AL, Smith SE, Shimamoto HT, Swalla BJ

Molecular biology and evolution. 2006 Mar;23(3):541-9
Nodal signaling and the evolution of deuterostome gastrulation.
Chea HK, Wright CV, Swalla BJ

Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 2005 Oct;234(2):269-78
Procurement and culture of ascidian embryos.
Swalla BJ

Methods in cell biology. 2004;74:115-41
A morphological and genetic characterization of metamorphosis in the ascidian Boltenia villosa.
Davidson B, Smith Wallace SE, Howsmon RA, Swalla BJ

Development genes and evolution. 2003 Dec;213(12):601-11
A molecular analysis of ascidian metamorphosis reveals activation of an innate immune response.
Davidson B, Swalla BJ

Development (Cambridge, England). 2002 Oct;129(20):4739-51
Expression of Tbx6, a muscle lineage T-box gene, in the tailless embryo of the ascidian Molgula tectiformis.
Takada N, Satoh N, Swalla BJ

Development genes and evolution. 2002 Aug;212(7):354-6
Evaluating hypotheses of deuterostome phylogeny and chordate evolution with new LSU and SSU ribosomal DNA data.
Winchell CJ, Sullivan J, Cameron CB, Swalla BJ, Mallatt J

Molecular biology and evolution. 2002 May;19(5):762-76
Brachyury expression in tailless Molgulid ascidian embryos.
Takada N, York J, Davis JM, Schumpert B, Yasuo H, Satoh N, Swalla BJ

Evolution & development. 2002 May-Jun;4(3):205-11
Isolation of genes involved in ascidian metamorphosis: epidermal growth factor signaling and metamorphic competence.
Davidson B, Swalla BJ

Development genes and evolution. 2001 Apr;211(4):190-4
The evolution of anural larvae in molgulid ascidians.
Huber JL, da Silva KB, Bates WR, Swalla BJ

Seminars in cell & developmental biology. 2000 Dec;11(6):419-26
Tunicates have unusual nuclear lamins with a large deletion in the carboxyterminal tail domain.
Riemer D, Wang J, Zimek A, Swalla BJ, Weber K

Gene. 2000 Sep 19;255(2):317-25

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Billie J. Swalla, Ph.D.

Professor

Evolution and Development of the Chordates Tunicate Phylogeny, Development and Evolution Hemichordate Phylogeny, Development and Evolution

Billie Swalla's Genealogy

Billie Swalla's Publications (53)

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Websites

Evolution and Development of the Chordates
Tunicate Phylogeny, Development and Evolution
Hemichordate Phylogeny, Development and Evolution