List of works - Pascal-Antoine Christin

Alloteropsis semialata as a study system for C4 evolution in grasses

scientific article published in 2023

Adaptive evolution of C(4) photosynthesis through recurrent lateral gene transfer.

scientific article

Anatomical enablers and the evolution of C4photosynthesis in grasses

scientific article (publication date: 24 December 2012)

C(4) eudicots are not younger than C(4) monocots

scientific article published on 10 March 2011

C4 Photosynthesis evolved in grasses via parallel adaptive genetic changes.

scientific article published on 5 July 2007

C4 photosynthesis boosts growth by altering physiology, allocation and size

scientific article published on 18 April 2016

C4 photosynthesis evolved in warm climates but promoted migration to cooler ones.

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

C4 photosynthesis promoted species diversification during the Miocene grassland expansion

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

C4 photosynthesis provided an immediate demographic advantage to populations of the grass Alloteropsis semialata

scientific article published on 22 February 2024

Can phylogenetics identify C(4) origins and reversals?

scientific article published on July 2010

Causes and evolutionary significance of genetic convergence.

scientific article published on 3 August 2010

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

scientific article published on 4 November 2010

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

scientific article (publication date: 17 May 2011)

Deconstructing Kranz anatomy to understand C4 evolution

scientific article published on 05 May 2014

Despite phylogenetic effects, C3-C4 lineages bridge the ecological gap to C4 photosynthesis

scientific article published on 26 December 2016

Determinants of flammability in savanna grass species

scientific article published on 26 November 2015

Developmental and biophysical determinants of grass leaf size worldwide

scientific article

Effect of genetic convergence on phylogenetic inference

scientific article published on 14 December 2011

Evolution of C(4) phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in grasses, from genotype to phenotype

scientific article published on 6 November 2008

Evolutionary genomics of C4 photosynthesis in grasses requires a large species sampling

scientific article published on 23 June 2010

Evolutionary implications of C3 -C4 intermediates in the grass Alloteropsis semialata

scientific article published on 2 November 2015

Evolutionary insights on C4 photosynthetic subtypes in grasses from genomics and phylogenetics

scientific article

Evolutionary switch and genetic convergence on rbcL following the evolution of C4 photosynthesis

scientific article published on 11 August 2008

Fire ecology of C3 and C4 grasses depends on evolutionary history and frequency of burning but not photosynthetic type

scientific article published in October 2015

From museums to genomics: old herbarium specimens shed light on a C3 to C4 transition

scientific article

Gene Duplication and Dosage Effects During The Early Emergence of C4 Photosynthesis in The Grass Genus Alloteropsis

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

Genetic enablers underlying the clustered evolutionary origins of C4 photosynthesis in angiosperms

scientific article published on 12 January 2015

Genome-wide association to fine-scale ecological heterogeneity within a continuous population of Biscutella laevigata (Brassicaceae).

scientific article published on 16 January 2008

Highly Expressed Genes Are Preferentially Co-Opted for C4 Photosynthesis

scientific article published on 11 October 2017

How did the domestication of Fertile Crescent grain crops increase their yields?

scientific article published on 03 October 2016

Hybridization boosts dispersal of two contrasted ecotypes in a grass species

scientific article published in 2022

Integrating phylogeny into studies of C4 variation in the grasses

scientific article published in January 2009

Lateral gene transfer generates accessory genes that accumulate at different rates within a grass lineage

scientific article published in 2023

Low dispersal and ploidy differences in a grass maintain photosynthetic diversity despite gene flow and habitat overlap

scientific article published in 2021

Molecular dating, evolutionary rates, and the age of the grasses.

scientific article

Molecular phylogenies disprove a hypothesized C4 reversion in Eragrostis walteri (Poaceae)

scientific article

Multiple photosynthetic transitions, polyploidy, and lateral gene transfer in the grass subtribe Neurachninae

scientific article

New grass phylogeny resolves deep evolutionary relationships and discovers C4 origins

scientific article (publication date: 24 November 2011)

Oligocene CO2 decline promoted C4 photosynthesis in grasses.

scientific article published on 20 December 2007

On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae) segregated from Hypertelis, and placement of Macarthuria in Macarthuriaceae

scientific article

One-third of the plastid genes evolved under positive selection in PACMAD grasses

scientific article

Parallel recruitment of multiple genes into c4 photosynthesis

scientific article published on January 2013

Photosynthetic innovation broadens the niche within a single species.

scientific article

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

scientific article published in November 2011

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

scientific article

Phylogenomics and taxonomy of Lecomtelleae (Poaceae), an isolated panicoid lineage from Madagascar

scientific article (publication date: October 2013)

Phylogenomics of C(4) photosynthesis in sedges (Cyperaceae): multiple appearances and genetic convergence.

scientific article

Phylogeny and generic delimitation in Molluginaceae, new pigment data in Caryophyllales, and the new family Corbichoniaceae

scientific article (publication date: 30 August 2016)

Reticulate evolution, lateral gene transfer, and innovation in plants

scientific article published on 20 March 2020

Seasonal Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange of a Regenerating Cutaway Bog: How Long Does it Take to Restore the C-Sequestration Function?

scholarly article by Emanuela Samaritani et al published 21 May 2010 in Restoration Ecology

Shared origins of a key enzyme during the evolution of C4 and CAM metabolism

scientific article

Spatial genetic structure in the Laperrine's olive (Olea europaea subsp. laperrinei), a long-living tree from the central Saharan mountains.

scientific article

Stability-activity tradeoffs constrain the adaptive evolution of RubisCO.

scientific article published on 27 January 2014

The C(4) plant lineages of planet Earth

scientific article

The evolutionary ecology of C4 plants

scientific article

The influence of environmental spatial structure on the life-history traits and diversity of species in a metacommunity

scientific article published in 2009

The origins of C4 grasslands: integrating evolutionary and ecosystem science.

scientific article

The recent and rapid spread of Themeda triandra

The recurrent assembly of C4 photosynthesis, an evolutionary tale

scientific article published on 24 May 2013

Thlaspi caerulescens (Brassicaceae) population genetics in western Switzerland: is the genetic structure affected by natural variation of soil heavy metal concentrations?

scientific article published in March 2009

Traces of strong selective pressures in the genomes of C4 grasses

scientific article published in January 2017

Two independent C4 origins in Aristidoideae (Poaceae) revealed by the recruitment of distinct phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase genes

scientific article published on 20 November 2009

Were Fertile Crescent crop progenitors higher yielding than other wild species that were never domesticated?

scientific article published on 11 March 2015

Widespread lateral gene transfer among grasses

scientific article published in 2021

List of works by Pascal-Antoine Christin

<i>Alloteropsis semialata</i> as a study system for C4 evolution in grasses

Adaptive evolution of C(4) photosynthesis through recurrent lateral gene transfer.

Anatomical enablers and the evolution of C4photosynthesis in grasses

C(4) eudicots are not younger than C(4) monocots

C4 Photosynthesis evolved in grasses via parallel adaptive genetic changes.

C4 photosynthesis boosts growth by altering physiology, allocation and size

C4 photosynthesis evolved in warm climates but promoted migration to cooler ones.

C4 photosynthesis promoted species diversification during the Miocene grassland expansion

C<sub>4</sub> photosynthesis provided an immediate demographic advantage to populations of the grass <i>Alloteropsis semialata</i>

Can phylogenetics identify C(4) origins and reversals?

Causes and evolutionary significance of genetic convergence.

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

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

Deconstructing Kranz anatomy to understand C4 evolution

Despite phylogenetic effects, C3-C4 lineages bridge the ecological gap to C4 photosynthesis

Determinants of flammability in savanna grass species

Developmental and biophysical determinants of grass leaf size worldwide

Effect of genetic convergence on phylogenetic inference

Evolution of C(4) phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in grasses, from genotype to phenotype

Evolutionary genomics of C4 photosynthesis in grasses requires a large species sampling

Evolutionary implications of C3 -C4 intermediates in the grass Alloteropsis semialata

Evolutionary insights on C4 photosynthetic subtypes in grasses from genomics and phylogenetics

Evolutionary switch and genetic convergence on rbcL following the evolution of C4 photosynthesis

Fire ecology of C3 and C4 grasses depends on evolutionary history and frequency of burning but not photosynthetic type

From museums to genomics: old herbarium specimens shed light on a C3 to C4 transition

Gene Duplication and Dosage Effects During The Early Emergence of C4 Photosynthesis in The Grass Genus Alloteropsis

Genetic enablers underlying the clustered evolutionary origins of C4 photosynthesis in angiosperms

Genome-wide association to fine-scale ecological heterogeneity within a continuous population of Biscutella laevigata (Brassicaceae).

Highly Expressed Genes Are Preferentially Co-Opted for C4 Photosynthesis

How did the domestication of Fertile Crescent grain crops increase their yields?

Hybridization boosts dispersal of two contrasted ecotypes in a grass species

Integrating phylogeny into studies of C4 variation in the grasses

Lateral gene transfer generates accessory genes that accumulate at different rates within a grass lineage

Low dispersal and ploidy differences in a grass maintain photosynthetic diversity despite gene flow and habitat overlap

Molecular dating, evolutionary rates, and the age of the grasses.

Molecular phylogenies disprove a hypothesized C4 reversion in Eragrostis walteri (Poaceae)

Multiple photosynthetic transitions, polyploidy, and lateral gene transfer in the grass subtribe Neurachninae

New grass phylogeny resolves deep evolutionary relationships and discovers C4 origins

Oligocene CO2 decline promoted C4 photosynthesis in grasses.

On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae) segregated from Hypertelis, and placement of Macarthuria in Macarthuriaceae

One-third of the plastid genes evolved under positive selection in PACMAD grasses

Parallel recruitment of multiple genes into c4 photosynthesis

Photosynthetic innovation broadens the niche within a single species.

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

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

Phylogenomics and taxonomy of Lecomtelleae (Poaceae), an isolated panicoid lineage from Madagascar

Phylogenomics of C(4) photosynthesis in sedges (Cyperaceae): multiple appearances and genetic convergence.

Phylogeny and generic delimitation in Molluginaceae, new pigment data in Caryophyllales, and the new family Corbichoniaceae

Reticulate evolution, lateral gene transfer, and innovation in plants

Seasonal Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange of a Regenerating Cutaway Bog: How Long Does it Take to Restore the C-Sequestration Function?

Shared origins of a key enzyme during the evolution of C4 and CAM metabolism

Spatial genetic structure in the Laperrine's olive (Olea europaea subsp. laperrinei), a long-living tree from the central Saharan mountains.

Stability-activity tradeoffs constrain the adaptive evolution of RubisCO.

The C(4) plant lineages of planet Earth

The evolutionary ecology of C4 plants

The influence of environmental spatial structure on the life-history traits and diversity of species in a metacommunity

The origins of C4 grasslands: integrating evolutionary and ecosystem science.

The recent and rapid spread of Themeda triandra

The recurrent assembly of C4 photosynthesis, an evolutionary tale

Thlaspi caerulescens (Brassicaceae) population genetics in western Switzerland: is the genetic structure affected by natural variation of soil heavy metal concentrations?

Traces of strong selective pressures in the genomes of C4 grasses

Two independent C4 origins in Aristidoideae (Poaceae) revealed by the recruitment of distinct phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase genes

Were Fertile Crescent crop progenitors higher yielding than other wild species that were never domesticated?

Widespread lateral gene transfer among grasses