Pascal‐Antoine Christin

9.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
82 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Pascal‐Antoine Christin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Pascal‐Antoine Christin has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 20 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Pascal‐Antoine Christin's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (34 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (27 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (25 papers). Pascal‐Antoine Christin is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (34 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (27 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (25 papers). Pascal‐Antoine Christin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Pascal‐Antoine Christin's co-authors include Erika J. Edwards, Guillaume Besnard, Colin P. Osborne, Rowan F. Sage, Nicolas Salamin, Elizabeth L. Spriggs, Mónica Arakaki, Melvin R. Duvall, Vincent Savolainen and Marjorie R. Lundgren and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Pascal‐Antoine Christin

82 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

The C4 plant lineages of planet Earth

2011 447 citations Rowan F. Sage, Pascal‐Antoine Christin et al. Journal of Experimental Botany profile →
Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages

2011 399 citations Mónica Arakaki, Pascal‐Antoine Christin et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pascal‐Antoine Christin United Kingdom	41	2.9k	2.2k	2.0k	770	716	82	5.2k
Erika J. Edwards United States	44	2.3k 0.8×	3.1k 1.4×	2.5k 1.2×	447 0.6×	1.6k 2.2×	102	6.5k
Guillaume Besnard France	51	2.7k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	3.0k 1.5×	2.4k 3.1×	581 0.8×	158	6.6k
Stephan D. Flint United States	44	1.5k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	4.7k 2.3×	343 0.4×	257 0.4×	80	6.8k
Susana Magallón Mexico	36	2.7k 0.9×	4.5k 2.0×	1.9k 0.9×	880 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	69	6.3k
Trevor R. Hodkinson Ireland	34	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	652 0.8×	373 0.5×	144	4.3k
Allison A. Snow United States	46	2.9k 1.0×	3.4k 1.5×	4.7k 2.3×	1.5k 1.9×	2.0k 2.7×	122	7.2k
Melvin J. Oliver United States	41	1.8k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	3.6k 1.8×	174 0.2×	121 0.2×	123	5.6k
Darren M. Crayn Australia	33	1.5k 0.5×	2.6k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	770 1.0×	881 1.2×	106	4.2k
Elizabeth A. Zimmer United States	49	5.2k 1.8×	5.3k 2.4×	3.1k 1.5×	1.4k 1.8×	404 0.6×	105	8.5k
Olivier De Clerck Belgium	45	1.4k 0.5×	931 0.4×	635 0.3×	364 0.5×	304 0.4×	236	8.3k

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Marande, William, Hervé Gryta, Julia Dupin, et al.. (2024). A hemizygous supergene controls homomorphic and heteromorphic self-incompatibility systems in Oleaceae. Current Biology. 34(9). 1977–1986.e8. 14 indexed citations

Bianconi, Matheus E., Graciela Sotelo, Marjorie R. Lundgren, et al.. (2023). Leaf anatomy explains the strength of C₄ activity within the grass species Alloteropsis semialata. Plant Cell & Environment. 46(8). 2310–2322. 3 indexed citations

Pereira, Lara, Matheus E. Bianconi, Colin P. Osborne, Pascal‐Antoine Christin, & Luke T. Dunning. (2023). Alloteropsis semialata as a study system for C4 evolution in grasses. Annals of Botany. 132(3). 365–382. 8 indexed citations

Bianconi, Matheus E., et al.. (2023). Lateral gene transfer generates accessory genes that accumulate at different rates within a grass lineage. New Phytologist. 240(5). 2072–2084. 11 indexed citations

Olofsson, Jill K., Graciela Sotelo, Matheus E. Bianconi, et al.. (2022). Hybridization boosts dispersal of two contrasted ecotypes in a grass species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1967). 20212491–20212491. 7 indexed citations

Bianconi, Matheus E., Graciela Sotelo, Emanuela Samaritani, et al.. (2022). Upregulation of C ₄ characteristics does not consistently improve photosynthetic performance in intraspecific hybrids of a grass. Plant Cell & Environment. 45(5). 1398–1411. 5 indexed citations

Christin, Pascal‐Antoine, et al.. (2021). Widespread lateral gene transfer among grasses. New Phytologist. 230(6). 2474–2486. 22 indexed citations

Bianconi, Matheus E., Luke T. Dunning, Oriane Hidalgo, et al.. (2020). Contrasted histories of organelle and nuclear genomes underlying physiological diversification in a grass species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1938). 20201960–20201960. 18 indexed citations

Wade, Ruth N., Patrick C. Seed, Pascal‐Antoine Christin, et al.. (2020). The morphogenesis of fast growth in plants. New Phytologist. 228(4). 1306–1315. 8 indexed citations

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Bräutigam, Andrea, Udo Gowik, Michael Melzer, et al.. (2017). Photosynthesis in C-3-C-4 intermediate Moricandia species. Journal of Experimental Botany. 68(2). 4 indexed citations

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Piot, Anthony, Jan Hackel, Pascal‐Antoine Christin, & Guillaume Besnard. (2017). One-third of the plastid genes evolved under positive selection in PACMAD grasses. Planta. 247(1). 255–266. 82 indexed citations

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Christin, Pascal‐Antoine, Elizabeth L. Spriggs, Colin P. Osborne, et al.. (2013). Molecular Dating, Evolutionary Rates, and the Age of the Grasses. Systematic Biology. 63(2). 153–165. 131 indexed citations

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Christin, Pascal‐Antoine, Erika J. Edwards, Robert T. Furbank, et al.. (2012). Multiple photosynthetic transitions, polyploidy, and lateral gene transfer in the grass subtribe Neurachninae. Journal of Experimental Botany. 63(17). 6297–6308. 40 indexed citations

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Sage, Rowan F., Pascal‐Antoine Christin, & Erika J. Edwards. (2011). The C4 plant lineages of planet Earth. Journal of Experimental Botany. 62(9). 3155–3169. 447 indexed citations breakdown →

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Christin, Pascal‐Antoine, Colin P. Osborne, Rowan F. Sage, Mónica Arakaki, & Erika J. Edwards. (2011). C4 eudicots are not younger than C4 monocots. Journal of Experimental Botany. 62(9). 3171–3181. 101 indexed citations

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Christin, Pascal‐Antoine, Guillaume Besnard, Erika J. Edwards, & Nicolas Salamin. (2011). Effect of genetic convergence on phylogenetic inference. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62(3). 921–927. 18 indexed citations

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Christin, Pascal‐Antoine, Tammy L. Sage, Erika J. Edwards, et al.. (2010). COMPLEX EVOLUTIONARY TRANSITIONS AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF C3-C4 INTERMEDIATE FORMS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN MOLLUGINACEAE. Evolution. 65(3). 643–660. 112 indexed citations

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Christin, Pascal‐Antoine, Daniel Weinreich, & Guillaume Besnard. (2010). Causes and evolutionary significance of genetic convergence. Trends in Genetics. 26(9). 400–405. 150 indexed citations

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Christin, Pascal‐Antoine, Blaise Petitpierre, Nicolas Salamin, Lucie Büchi, & Guillaume Besnard. (2008). Evolution of C4 Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase in Grasses, from Genotype to Phenotype. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 26(2). 357–365. 60 indexed citations

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Christin, Pascal‐Antoine, Nicolas Salamin, Vincent Savolainen, Melvin R. Duvall, & Guillaume Besnard. (2007). C4 Photosynthesis Evolved in Grasses via Parallel Adaptive Genetic Changes. Current Biology. 17(14). 1241–1247. 166 indexed citations

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