Jens Bast

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 668 citations indexed

About

Jens Bast is a scholar working on Insect Science, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jens Bast has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 668 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Insect Science, 10 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Jens Bast's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (9 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (8 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (5 papers). Jens Bast is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (9 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (8 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (5 papers). Jens Bast collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and France. Jens Bast's co-authors include Tanja Schwander, Kamil S. Jaroň, Víctor Soria‐Carrasco, Aaron A. Comeault, Timothy E. Farkas, J. Spencer Johnston, Zachariah Gompert, Thomas L. Parchman, Jeffrey L. Feder and Patrik Nosil and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jens Bast

17 papers receiving 664 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Stick Insect Genomes Reveal Natural Selection’s Role in Parallel Speciation

2014 305 citations Víctor Soria‐Carrasco, Zachariah Gompert et al. Science profile →

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Zach Gompert United States

Jonna Kulmuni Finland

Monica F. Poelchau United States

Neda Barghi United States

Pablo Duchen Germany

Julia Reger United Kingdom

Katharine L. Korunes United States

Rémi Allio France

Ellie E. Armstrong United States

S. M. Bogdanowicz United States

Zach Gompert United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jens Bast

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All Works

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17 of 17 papers shown

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Bast, Jens, et al.. (2025). Meiosis-associated expression patterns during starvation-induced cell fusion in the protist Fisculla terrestris. BMC Biology. 23(1). 140–140. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Shan, Nadège Guiglielmoni, Alexander Brandt, et al.. (2025). Chromosome-scale genome dynamics reveal signatures of independent haplotype evolution in the ancient asexual mite Platynothrus peltifer. Science Advances. 11(4). eadn0817–eadn0817. 1 indexed citations

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Jaroň, Kamil S., Darren J. Parker, Patrick Tran Van, et al.. (2022). Convergent consequences of parthenogenesis on stick insect genomes. Science Advances. 8(8). eabg3842–eabg3842. 29 indexed citations

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Van, Patrick Tran, Jens Bast, Zoé Dumas, et al.. (2021). First annotated draft genomes of nonmarine ostracods (Ostracoda, Crustacea) with different reproductive modes. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(4). 10 indexed citations

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Brandt, Alexander, Patrick Tran Van, Zoé Dumas, et al.. (2021). Haplotype divergence supports long-term asexuality in the oribatid mite Oppiella nova. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(38). 26 indexed citations

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Jaroň, Kamil S., Jens Bast, Reuben W. Nowell, et al.. (2020). Genomic Features of Parthenogenetic Animals. Journal of Heredity. 112(1). 19–33. 59 indexed citations

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Matthey-Doret, Cyril, Casper J. van der Kooi, Daniel L. Jeffries, et al.. (2019). Mapping of Multiple Complementary Sex Determination Loci in a Parasitoid Wasp. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11(10). 2954–2962. 8 indexed citations

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Parker, Darren J., Jens Bast, Kirsten Jalvingh, et al.. (2019). Sex-biased gene expression is repeatedly masculinized in asexual females. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4638–4638. 19 indexed citations

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Bast, Jens, et al.. (2019). Asexual reproduction reduces transposable element load in experimental yeast populations. eLife. 8. 30 indexed citations

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Brandt, Alexander, Jens Bast, Stefan Scheu, et al.. (2019). No signal of deleterious mutation accumulation in conserved gene sequences of extant asexual hexapods. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 5338–5338. 4 indexed citations

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Parker, Darren J., Jens Bast, Kirsten Jalvingh, et al.. (2018). Repeated Evolution of Asexuality Involves Convergent Gene Expression Changes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36(2). 350–364. 21 indexed citations

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Bast, Jens, Darren J. Parker, Zoé Dumas, et al.. (2018). Consequences of Asexuality in Natural Populations: Insights from Stick Insects. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 35(7). 1668–1677. 43 indexed citations

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Brandt, Alexander, Ina Schaefer, Tanja Schwander, et al.. (2017). Effective purifying selection in ancient asexual oribatid mites. Nature Communications. 8(1). 873–873. 38 indexed citations

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Kraaijeveld, Ken, J. Howard Frank, Jens Bast, et al.. (2016). Decay of sexual trait genes in an asexual parasitoid wasp. Genome Biology and Evolution. 8(12). evw273–evw273. 25 indexed citations

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Bast, Jens, Ina Schaefer, Tanja Schwander, et al.. (2015). No Accumulation of Transposable Elements in Asexual Arthropods. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33(3). 697–706. 47 indexed citations

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Soria‐Carrasco, Víctor, Zachariah Gompert, Aaron A. Comeault, et al.. (2014). Stick Insect Genomes Reveal Natural Selection’s Role in Parallel Speciation. Science. 344(6185). 738–742. 305 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kraaijeveld, Ken & Jens Bast. (2012). Transposable element proliferation as a possible side effect of endosymbiont manipulations. Mobile Genetic Elements. 2(5). 253–256. 2 indexed citations

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