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Pascal-Antoine Christin

Pascal-Antoine Christin

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
9645
World Ranking
3845
National Ranking
424

Overview

Pascal-Antoine Christin is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as agricultural and biological sciences.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution

Pascal-Antoine Christin has contributed to molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, plant science, genetics, and nature and landscape conservation as well. The subfields of study include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science
  • Genetics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The scientist has published articles frequently in several reputable venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • New Phytologist
  • Nature
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Pascal-Antoine Christin include:

  • "Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms," 2024, Nature
  • "Developmental and biophysical determinants of grass leaf size worldwide," 2021, Nature
  • "Widespread lateral gene transfer among grasses," 2021, New Phytologist
  • "Phylogenomics indicates the "living fossil" Isoetes diversified in the Cenozoic," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Contrasted histories of organelle and nuclear genomes underlying physiological diversification in a grass species," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Luke T. Dunning
  • Colin P. Osborne
  • Matheus E. Bianconi
  • Lara Pereira
  • Guillaume Besnard

Best Publications

  • The Origins of C4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science

    Erika J. Edwards;Colin P. Osborne;Caroline A.E. Strömberg;Stephen A. Smith

  • The C4 plant lineages of planet Earth

    Rowan F. Sage;Pascal-Antoine Christin;Erika J. Edwards

  • Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages

    Mónica Arakaki;Pascal Antoine Christin;Reto Nyffeler;Anita Lendel

  • Oligocene CO2 decline promoted C4 photosynthesis in grasses.

    Pascal-Antoine Christin;Guillaume Besnard;Emanuela Samaritani;Melvin R. Duvall

  • Anatomical enablers and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in grasses

    Pascal-Antoine Christin;Colin P. Osborne;David S. Chatelet;J. Travis Columbus

  • C4 Photosynthesis Evolved in Grasses via Parallel Adaptive Genetic Changes

    Pascal-Antoine Christin;Nicolas Salamin;Vincent Savolainen;Melvin R. Duvall

  • Photosynthetic pathway and ecological adaptation explain stomatal trait diversity amongst grasses

    S. H. Taylor;P. J. Franks;S. P. Hulme;E. Spriggs

  • Causes and evolutionary significance of genetic convergence

    Pascal-Antoine Christin;Daniel M. Weinreich;Guillaume Besnard

  • Determinants of flammability in savanna grass species

    Kimberley J. Simpson;Brad S. Ripley;Pascal‐Antoine Christin;Claire M. Belcher

  • Molecular Dating, Evolutionary Rates, and the Age of the Grasses

    Pascal-Antoine Christin;Pascal-Antoine Christin;Elizabeth Spriggs;Colin P. Osborne;Caroline A.E. Strömberg

  • Stability-activity tradeoffs constrain the adaptive evolution of RubisCO

    Romain A. Studer;Pascal-Antoine Christin;Mark A. Williams;Christine A. Orengo

  • Phylogenomics of C4 Photosynthesis in Sedges (Cyperaceae): Multiple Appearances and Genetic Convergence

    Guillaume Besnard;A. Muthama Muasya;Flavien Russier;Eric H. Roalson

  • Phylogenetics of Olea (Oleaceae) based on plastid and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences: tertiary climatic shifts and lineage differentiation times.

    Guillaume Besnard;Guillaume Besnard;Rafael Rubio de Casas;Pascal-Antoine Christin;Pablo Vargas

  • Deconstructing Kranz anatomy to understand C4 evolution

    Marjorie R. Lundgren;Colin P. Osborne;Pascal-Antoine Christin

  • Evolutionary Switch and Genetic Convergence on rbcL following the Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis

    Pascal-Antoine Christin;Nicolas Salamin;A. Muthama Muasya;Eric H. Roalson

  • The genetics of convergent evolution: insights from plant photosynthesis.

    Karolina Heyduk;Jose J Moreno-Villena;Ian S Gilman;Pascal-Antoine Christin

  • C4 photosynthesis promoted species diversification during the Miocene grassland expansion.

    Elizabeth L. Spriggs;Pascal-Antoine Christin;Erika J. Edwards

  • Complex evolutionary transitions and the significance of c(3)-c(4) intermediate forms of photosynthesis in Molluginaceae.

    Pascal-Antoine Christin;Pascal-Antoine Christin;Tammy L. Sage;Erika J. Edwards;R. Matthew Ogburn

  • Adaptive Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis through Recurrent Lateral Gene Transfer

    Pascal-Antoine Christin;Erika J. Edwards;Guillaume Besnard;Susanna F. Boxall

  • The evolutionary ecology of C4 plants

    Pascal‐Antoine Christin;Colin P. Osborne

Frequent Co-Authors

Guillaume Besnard
Guillaume Besnard Paul Sabatier University
Colin P. Osborne
Colin P. Osborne University of Sheffield
Erika J. Edwards
Erika J. Edwards Yale University
Nicolas Salamin
Nicolas Salamin University of Lausanne
Rowan F. Sage
Rowan F. Sage University of Toronto
Oriane Hidalgo
Oriane Hidalgo Royal Botanic Gardens
Ilia J. Leitch
Ilia J. Leitch Royal Botanic Gardens
Patrik Nosil
Patrik Nosil University of Sheffield
Mark Rees
Mark Rees University of Sheffield
Elizabeth A. Kellogg
Elizabeth A. Kellogg Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

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