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  1. The Degenerate Tale of Ascidian Tails

    Article • Integrative and Comparative Biology, June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Billie J. Swalla

  2. An Introduction to an Evolutionary Tail: EvoDevo, Structure, and Function of Post-Anal Appendages

    Article • Integrative and Comparative Biology, June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Billie J. Swalla

  3. Phylogenomics offers resolution of major tunicate relationships

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, April 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Billie J. Swalla

  4. The deuterostome ancestor was likely a vermiform worm with gill slits and a central nervous system.

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Billie J. Swalla

  5. Divergent mechanisms regulate conserved cardiopharyngeal development and gene expression in distantly related ascidians

    Article • eLife, September 2014, eLife

    Professor Billie J. Swalla, Alberto Stolfi, Dr Filomena Ristoratore

  6. Global Diversity of Ascidiacea

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2011, PLOS

    Professor Billie J. Swalla

  7. Deciphering deuterostome phylogeny: molecular, morphological, and palaeontological perspectives

    Article • August 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Billie J. Swalla

  8. This is how I became interested in evolution and development, a field I eventually helped create.

    Article • Evolution & Development, February 2009, Wiley

    Professor Billie J. Swalla

  9. Regeneration in Hemichordates and Echinoderms

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Billie J. Swalla

  10. Phylogeny of the Urochordates: Implications for Chordate Evolution

    Article • January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Billie J. Swalla