SUA Faculty Scholarship: Nydam, Marie

Hutchings, Brenna, Susanna López-Legentil, Lauren M Stefaniak, Marie L. Nydam, and Patrick M Erwin. “Distinct Microbial Communities in an Ascidian-Crustacean Symbiosis.” Environmental Microbiology Reports 16, no. 1 (2024): e13242

Nydam, Marie L., et al. “Phylogenomics and Systematics of Botryllid Ascidians, and Implications for the Evolution of Allorecognition.” Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11 (December 2023).

Gregorio, Anna D., and Marie L. Nydam. “1st International Symposium on Women in Tunicate Biology: Meeting Report.” Genesis 61, no. 6 (November 2023).

Nydam, Marie L., Mary Beth Saffo, and Anna Di Gregorio. “Women in Tunicate Research: Pioneers of the Past and Their Present Legacy.” Genesis 61, no. 6 (November 2023).

Nydam, Marie L. “Ascidian Evolution and Ecology.” Genesis 61, no. 6 (November 2023).

Nydam, Marie L. “Gretchen Lambert: Taxonomist, Explorer, and Historian of the Ascidian Community. Active: 1968-Present.” Genesis 61, no. 6 (August 2023).

Nichols, Claire L., Gretchen Lambert, and Marie L. Nydam. "Continued persistence of non-native ascidians in Southern California harbors and marinas." Aquatic Invasions 18, no 1 (April 2023): 1-22.

Palomino-Alvarez, Lilian A., Marie L. Nydam, Rosana M. Rocha, and Nuno Simões. “New Botrylloides, Botryllus, and Symplegma (Ascidiacea: Styelidae) in Coral Reefs of the Southern Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean Sea.” Diversity 14, no. 11 (November 2022): 977.

Nydam, Marie L., Claire L. Nichols, and Gretchen Lambert. "First record of the ascidian Ascidiella aspersa (Müller, 1776) in southern California". BioInvasions Records 11, no. 2 (April 2022): 416–427.

Nydam, Marie L., Lauren M. Stefaniak, Gretchen Lambert, Bailey Counts, and Susanna López-Legentil. “Dynamics of Ascidian-Invaded Communities over Time.” Biological Invasions 24, no. 11 (June 2022): 3489–3507.

Nydam, Marie L., Alan R. Lemmon, Jesse R. Cherry, Michelle L. Kortyna, Darragh L. Clancy, Cecilia Hernandez, and C. Sarah Cohen. “Phylogenomic and Morphological Relationships among the Botryllid Ascidians (Subphylum Tunicata, Class Ascidiacea, Family Styelidae).” Scientific Reports 11, no. 1 (2021): 8351.

Nydam, Marie L. “Evolution of Allorecognition in the Tunicata.” Biology 9, no. 6 (June 2020): 129.

Gudlavalleti, Bhavani S., Trong Phung, Charles L. Barton, Allysson Becker, Brittany L. Graul, Jarod T. Griffin, Connor J. Hays, Bailey Horn, David R Liang, Lauren M Rutledge, Alexandria M Szalanczy, Bobby L Gaffney, Rodney A King, Claire A Rinehart, Amanda K Staples, Alexander A Stewart, Marie L. Nydam, and Kelly E O’Quin. “Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies an Allele Responsible for Clear vs. Turbid Plaque Morphology in a Mycobacteriophage.” BMC Microbiology 20, no. 1 (2020): 148.

Nydam, Marie L., Lucille M. Yanckello, Sarah B. Bialik, Kirsten B. Giesbrecht, Grant K. Nation, and Jessica L. Peak. "Introgression in Two Species of Broadcast Spawning Marine Invertebrate." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 120, no. 4 (April 2017): 879-90.

Nydam, Marie L., Emily E. Stephenson, Claire E. Waldman, and Anthony W. De Tomaso. “Balancing Selection on Allorecognition Genes in the Colonial Ascidian Botryllus Schlosseri.” Developmental & Comparative Immunology 69 (April 2017): 60–74.

Nydam, Marie L., Kirsten B. Giesbrecht, and Emily E. Stephenson. “Origin and Dispersal History of Two Colonial Ascidian Clades in the Botryllus Schlosseri Species Complex.” PLOS ONE 12, no. 1 (January 2017): 1–30.

Taketa, Daryl A., Marie L. Nydam, Adam D. Langenbacher, Delany Rodriguez, Erin Sanders, and Anthony W. De Tomaso. “Molecular Evolution and in Vitro Characterization of Botryllus Histocompatibility Factor.” Immunogenetics 67, no. 10 (October 2015): 605–23.

Ilut, Daniel C., Marie L. Nydam, and Matthew P. Hare. “Defining Loci in Restriction-Based Reduced Representation Genomic Data from Nonmodel Species: Sources of Bias and Diagnostics for Optimal Clustering.” BioMed Research International 2014 (January 2014): 1–9.

Nydam, Marie L., Tinya A. Hoang, Katie M. Shanley, and Anthony W. De Tomaso. “Molecular Evolution of a Polymorphic HSP40-like Protein Encoded in the Histocompatibility Locus of an Invertebrate Chordate.” Developmental & Comparative Immunology 41, no. 2 (October 2013): 128–36.

Nydam, Marie L., Nikolai Netuschil, Erin Sanders, Adam Langenbacher, Daniel D. Lewis, Daryl A. Taketa, Arumugapradeep Marimuthu, Andrew Y. Gracey, and Anthony W. De Tomaso. “The Candidate Histocompatibility Locus of a Basal Chordate Encodes Two Highly Polymorphic Proteins.” PLOS ONE 8, no. 6 (June 2013): 1–13.

Nydam, Marie L., Alyssa A. Taylor, and Anthony W. De Tomaso. "Evidence for Selection on a Chordate Histocompatibility Locus." Evolution 67, no. 2 (February 2013): 487-500.

Nydam, Marie L., and Anthony W. De Tomaso. “The Fester Locus in Botryllus Schlosseri Experiences Selection.” BMC Evolutionary Biology 12, no. 1 (December 2012): 249.

Nydam, Marie L., and Anthony W. De Tomaso. “Creation and Maintenance of Variation in Allorecognition Loci.” Frontiers in Immunology 2 (December 2011): 79.

Nydam, Marie L., and Richard G. Harrison. "Introgression Despite Substantial Divergence in a Broadcast Spawning Marine Invertebrate." Evolution 65, no. 2 (February 2011): 429-42.

Nydam, Marie L., and Richard G. Harrison. “Reproductive Protein Evolution in Two Cryptic Species of Marine Chordate.” BMC Evolutionary Biology 11, no. 1 (January 2011): 18–29.

Nydam, Marie L., and Richard G. Harrison. “Polymorphism and Divergence within the Ascidian Genus Ciona.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56, no. 2 (August 2010): 718–26.

Cabrera, Derek, James T. Mandel, Jason P. Andras, and Marie L. Nydam. “What Is the Crisis? Defining and Prioritizing the World’s Most Pressing Problems.” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6, no. 9 (November 2008): 469–75.

Ratcliffe, John M., and Marie L. Nydam. "Multimodal Warning Signals for a Multiple Predator World." Nature 455, no. 7209 (September 2008): 96-9.

Rypien, Krystal L., Jill Anderson, Jason Andras, Rulon W. Clark, Gretchen A. Gerrish, James T. Mandel, Marie L. Nydam, and Daniel K. Riskin. “Students Unite to Create State of the Planet Course.” Nature 447 (June 2007): 775.

Nydam, Marie L., and Richard G. Harrison. “Genealogical Relationships within and among Shallow-Water Ciona Species (Ascidiacea).” Marine Biology 151, no. 5 (June 2007): 1839–47.

Nydam, Marie L., and John J. Stachowicz. “Predator Effects on Fouling Community Development.” Marine Ecology Progress Series 337 (May 2007): 93–101.

Nydam, Marie L. “Marie Nydam, Soka University of America - Tracking Introduced Species on Coral Reefs.” The Academic Minute (blog). May 7, 2025.