Pasi Rastas

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Pasi Rastas is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Pasi Rastas has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Genetics, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Pasi Rastas's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (22 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (18 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (16 papers). Pasi Rastas is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (22 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (18 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (16 papers). Pasi Rastas collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United Kingdom and France. Pasi Rastas's co-authors include Esko Ukkonen, Mikko Taipale, Jussi Taipale, Kimmo Palin, Timothy R. Hughes, Thomas Whitington, Kazuhiro R. Nitta, Ekaterina Morgunova, Jian Yan and Renaud Vincentelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Pasi Rastas

48 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

DNA-Binding Specificities of Human Transcription Factors 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. DNA-Binding Specificities of Human Transcription Factors
    2013 889 citations Pasi Rastas et al. profile →

Peers

Pasi Rastas
Hugues Parrinello France
Jason Q. Boone United States
Timothée Cezard United Kingdom
Cassandra G. Extavour United States
Alistair P. McGregor United Kingdom
Matthew A. Campbell United States
Federica Di Palma United Kingdom
Jess Shen Canada
Michalis Averof Greece
Julia Chifman United States
Hugues Parrinello France
Pasi Rastas
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Fields of papers citing papers by Pasi Rastas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pasi Rastas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pasi Rastas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pasi Rastas based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Pasi Rastas. Pasi Rastas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kemppainen, Petri, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneous genomic architecture of skeletal armour traits in sticklebacks. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 37(9). 995–1008.
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Rastas, Pasi, et al.. (2024). Improved assembly of the Pungitius pungitius reference genome. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 14(8). 1 indexed citations
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Rastas, Pasi, et al.. (2023). Repeatability of crossover rate in wild sticklebacks. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 140(1). 74–84. 4 indexed citations
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Hanly, Joseph J., Pasi Rastas, Anton Chichvarkhin, et al.. (2023). Evidence for a single, ancient origin of a genus-wide alternative life history strategy. Science Advances. 9(12). eabq3713–eabq3713. 9 indexed citations
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Parnell, Andrew J., et al.. (2022). The genetic basis of structural colour variation in mimetic Heliconius butterflies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1855). 20200505–20200505. 10 indexed citations
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Rastas, Pasi, et al.. (2022). Predicting recombination frequency from map distance. Heredity. 130(3). 114–121. 11 indexed citations
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Kemppainen, Petri, Zitong Li, Pasi Rastas, et al.. (2021). Genetic population structure constrains local adaptation in sticklebacks. Molecular Ecology. 30(9). 1946–1961. 27 indexed citations
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Darragh, Kathy, Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, Ian A. Warren, et al.. (2021). A novel terpene synthase controls differences in anti-aphrodisiac pheromone production between closely related Heliconius butterflies. PLoS Biology. 19(1). e3001022–e3001022. 31 indexed citations
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Celorio‐Mancera, Maria de la Paz, et al.. (2021). Chromosome Level Assembly of the Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album). Genome Biology and Evolution. 13(5). 6 indexed citations
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Rastas, Pasi, et al.. (2021). Automated improvement of stickleback reference genome assemblies with Lep‐Anchor software. Molecular Ecology Resources. 21(6). 2166–2176. 16 indexed citations
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Salazar, Patricio A., et al.. (2020). Limited genetic parallels underlie convergent evolution of quantitative pattern variation in mimetic butterflies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33(11). 1516–1529. 12 indexed citations
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Byers, Kelsey J.R.P., Kathy Darragh, Ian A. Warren, et al.. (2020). A major locus controls a biologically active pheromone component in Heliconius melpomene. Evolution. 74(2). 349–364. 16 indexed citations
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Byers, Kelsey J.R.P., Kathy Darragh, Ian A. Warren, et al.. (2020). Clustering of loci controlling species differences in male chemical bouquets of sympatric Heliconius butterflies. Ecology and Evolution. 11(1). 89–107. 13 indexed citations
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Veltsos, Paris, Kate Ridout, Melissa A. Toups, et al.. (2019). Early Sex-Chromosome Evolution in the Diploid Dioecious Plant Mercurialis annua. Genetics. 212(3). 815–835. 47 indexed citations
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Varadharajan, Srinidhi, Pasi Rastas, Ari Löytynoja, et al.. (2019). A high-quality assembly of the nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) genome. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11(11). 3291–3308. 50 indexed citations
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Rastas, Pasi, et al.. (2019). Kermit: linkage map guided long read assembly. Algorithms for Molecular Biology. 14(1). 8–8. 4 indexed citations
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Tsaih, Shirng‐Wern, et al.. (2018). A High-Resolution Genetic Map for the Laboratory Rat. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 8(7). 2241–2248. 13 indexed citations
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Gutiérrez, Alejandro P., Tim P. Bean, Chantelle Hooper, et al.. (2018). A Genome-Wide Association Study for Host Resistance to Ostreid Herpesvirus in Pacific Oysters ( Crassostrea gigas ). G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 8(4). 1273–1280. 55 indexed citations
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Rastas, Pasi, et al.. (2018). Kermit: Guided Long Read Assembly using Coloured Overlap Graphs. DROPS (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics). 1 indexed citations
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Belleghem, Steven M. Van, Pasi Rastas, Alexie Papanicolaou, et al.. (2017). Complex modular architecture around a simple toolkit of wing pattern genes. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1(3). 52–52. 132 indexed citations

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