Christine Grossen

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Christine Grossen is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christine Grossen has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Genetics, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Christine Grossen's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (18 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (11 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (5 papers). Christine Grossen is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (18 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (11 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (5 papers). Christine Grossen collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Spain and Sweden. Christine Grossen's co-authors include Lukas F. Keller, Daniel Croll, Nicolas Perrin, Samuel Neuenschwander, Frédéric Guillaume, Iris Biebach, Darren E. Irwin, David P. L. Toews, Borja Milá and Alan Brelsford and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Christine Grossen

27 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Purging and accumulation of genetic load in conservation

2023 78 citations Nicolás Dussex, Hernán E. Morales et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christine Grossen Switzerland	16	892	246	245	233	190	28	1.1k
María Saura Spain	18	1.1k 1.2×	275 1.1×	207 0.8×	140 0.6×	195 1.0×	43	1.4k
Susan E. Johnston United Kingdom	23	1.4k 1.6×	277 1.1×	487 2.0×	353 1.5×	365 1.9×	53	1.9k
Dorothea Lindtke Switzerland	11	630 0.7×	90 0.4×	182 0.7×	251 1.1×	198 1.0×	22	803
Nicholas Stiffler United States	8	888 1.0×	247 1.0×	621 2.5×	197 0.8×	296 1.6×	9	1.4k
Yu-Ping Poh United States	9	752 0.8×	118 0.5×	413 1.7×	187 0.8×	181 1.0×	11	1.1k
P. W. Hedrick United States	12	439 0.5×	238 1.0×	173 0.7×	101 0.4×	93 0.5×	15	695
Rike Stelkens Sweden	19	743 0.8×	315 1.3×	327 1.3×	304 1.3×	246 1.3×	39	1.4k
Qiu‐Hong Wan China	21	561 0.6×	449 1.8×	455 1.9×	145 0.6×	60 0.3×	76	1.2k
Peter Galbusera Belgium	18	834 0.9×	527 2.1×	211 0.9×	283 1.2×	132 0.7×	33	1.3k
Kai Zeng United Kingdom	18	902 1.0×	181 0.7×	459 1.9×	289 1.2×	353 1.9×	43	1.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hansen, Michael M., Christine E. Edwards, Christine Grossen, et al.. (2025). Conservation Genomics—Making a Difference. Molecular Ecology. 34(23). e70191–e70191.

Brambilla, Alice, et al.. (2024). Genetic evidence of a hybrid swarm between Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) and domestic goat (C. hircus). Evolutionary Applications. 17(8). e13761–e13761. 1 indexed citations

Grossen, Christine & Uma Ramakrishnan. (2024). Genetic load. Current Biology. 34(24). R1216–R1220. 4 indexed citations

Grossen, Christine, et al.. (2024). Facilitated introgression from domestic goat into Alpine ibex at immune loci. Molecular Ecology. 33(14). e17429–e17429. 4 indexed citations

Dussex, Nicolás, Hernán E. Morales, Christine Grossen, Love Dalén, & Cock van Oosterhout. (2023). Purging and accumulation of genetic load in conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 38(10). 961–969. 78 indexed citations breakdown →

Hansen, Dennis M., Leyla R. Davis, Nancy Bunbury, et al.. (2022). Chromosome-level genome assembly for the Aldabra giant tortoise enables insights into the genetic health of a threatened population. GigaScience. 11. 5 indexed citations

Ferrari, Giada, et al.. (2022). Ancient mitochondrial and modern whole genomes unravel massive genetic diversity loss during near extinction of Alpine ibex. Molecular Ecology. 31(13). 3548–3565. 12 indexed citations

Hansen, Dennis M., Nancy Bunbury, Erik Postma, et al.. (2022). Low‐coverage reduced representation sequencing reveals subtle within‐island genetic structure in Aldabra giant tortoises. Ecology and Evolution. 12(3). e8739–e8739. 4 indexed citations

Brambilla, Alice, Glauco Camenisch, Iris Biebach, et al.. (2021). A robust sequencing assay of a thousand amplicons for the high‐throughput population monitoring of Alpine ibex immunogenetics. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22(1). 66–85. 6 indexed citations

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Leigh, Deborah M., Heidi E. L. Lischer, Frédéric Guillaume, Christine Grossen, & Torsten Günther. (2021). Disentangling adaptation from drift in bottlenecked and reintroduced populations of Alpine ibex. Molecular Ecology Resources. 21(7). 2350–2363. 9 indexed citations

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Hansen, Dennis M., et al.. (2021). Design of SNP markers for Aldabra giant tortoises using low coverage ddRAD-seq. Conservation Genetics Resources. 13(4). 409–412. 2 indexed citations

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Grossen, Christine, Frédéric Guillaume, Lukas F. Keller, & Daniel Croll. (2020). Purging of highly deleterious mutations through severe bottlenecks in Alpine ibex. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1001–1001. 180 indexed citations

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Lenstra, Johannes A., Iris Biebach, Jón Hallsteinn Hallsson, et al.. (2016). Microsatellite diversity of the Nordic type of goats in relation to breed conservation: how relevant is pure ancestry?. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics. 134(1). 78–84. 23 indexed citations

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Grossen, Christine, Lukas F. Keller, Iris Biebach, & Daniel Croll. (2014). Introgression from Domestic Goat Generated Variation at the Major Histocompatibility Complex of Alpine Ibex. PLoS Genetics. 10(6). e1004438–e1004438. 79 indexed citations

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Grossen, Christine, Samuel Neuenschwander, & Nicolas Perrin. (2012). The Balanced Lethal System of Crested Newts: A Ghost of Sex Chromosomes Past?. The American Naturalist. 180(6). E174–E183. 12 indexed citations

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Grossen, Christine, et al.. (2012). SEX-CHROMOSOME TURNOVERS INDUCED BY DELETERIOUS MUTATION LOAD. Evolution. 67(3). 635–645. 78 indexed citations

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Grossen, Christine, Samuel Neuenschwander, & Nicolas Perrin. (2012). THE EVOLUTION OF XY RECOMBINATION: SEXUALLY ANTAGONISTIC SELECTION VERSUS DELETERIOUS MUTATION LOAD. Evolution. 66(10). 3155–3166. 31 indexed citations

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Stöck, Matthias, Agnès Horn, Christine Grossen, et al.. (2011). Ever-Young Sex Chromosomes in European Tree Frogs. PLoS Biology. 9(5). e1001062–e1001062. 133 indexed citations

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Grossen, Christine, Samuel Neuenschwander, & Nicolas Perrin. (2010). TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT TURNOVERS IN SEX-DETERMINATION MECHANISMS: A QUANTITATIVE MODEL. Evolution. 65(1). 64–78. 78 indexed citations

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Jacob, Alain, et al.. (2010). Effects of different mating scenarios on embryo viability in brown trout. Molecular Ecology. 19(23). 5296–5307. 44 indexed citations

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