| The Origins of C4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science EJ Edwards, CP Osborne, CAE Strömberg, SA Smith, ... science 328 (5978), 587-591, 2010 | 996 | 2010 |
| The C4 plant lineages of planet Earth RF Sage, PA Christin, EJ Edwards Journal of experimental botany 62 (9), 3155-3169, 2011 | 627 | 2011 |
| Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages M Arakaki, PA Christin, R Nyffeler, A Lendel, U Eggli, RM Ogburn, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (20), 8379-8384, 2011 | 549 | 2011 |
| New grass phylogeny resolves deep evolutionary relationships and discovers C4 origins Grass Phylogeny Working Group II New Phytologist 193 (2), 304-312, 2012 | 452 | 2012 |
| Oligocene CO2 decline promoted C4 photosynthesis in grasses PA Christin, G Besnard, E Samaritani, MR Duvall, TR Hodkinson, ... Current Biology 18 (1), 37-43, 2008 | 410 | 2008 |
| Anatomical enablers and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in grasses PA Christin, CP Osborne, DS Chatelet, JT Columbus, G Besnard, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (4), 1381-1386, 2013 | 267 | 2013 |
| C4 photosynthesis evolved in grasses via parallel adaptive genetic changes PA Christin, N Salamin, V Savolainen, MR Duvall, G Besnard Current biology 17 (14), 1241-1247, 2007 | 234 | 2007 |
| Photosynthetic pathway and ecological adaptation explain stomatal trait diversity amongst grasses SH Taylor, PJ Franks, SP Hulme, E Spriggs, PA Christin, EJ Edwards, ... New Phytologist 193 (2), 387-396, 2012 | 220 | 2012 |
| Causes and evolutionary significance of genetic convergence PA Christin, DM Weinreich, G Besnard Trends in Genetics 26 (9), 400-405, 2010 | 215 | 2010 |
| Molecular dating, evolutionary rates, and the age of the grasses PA Christin, E Spriggs, CP Osborne, CAE Strömberg, N Salamin, ... Systematic biology 63 (2), 153-165, 2014 | 183 | 2014 |
| Phylogenomics of C4 Photosynthesis in Sedges (Cyperaceae): Multiple Appearances and Genetic Convergence G Besnard, AM Muasya, F Russier, EH Roalson, N Salamin, PA Christin Molecular Biology and Evolution 26 (8), 1909-1919, 2009 | 174 | 2009 |
| Phylogenetics of Olea (Oleaceae) based on plastid and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences: Tertiary climatic shifts and lineage differentiation times G Besnard, R Rubio de Casas, PA Christin, P Vargas Annals of botany 104 (1), 143-160, 2009 | 171 | 2009 |
| Stability-activity tradeoffs constrain the adaptive evolution of RubisCO RA Studer, PA Christin, MA Williams, CA Orengo Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (6), 2223-2228, 2014 | 165 | 2014 |
| Determinants of flammability in savanna grass species KJ Simpson, BS Ripley, PA Christin, CM Belcher, CER Lehmann, ... Journal of Ecology 104 (1), 138-148, 2016 | 162 | 2016 |
| COMPLEX EVOLUTIONARY TRANSITIONS AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF C3–C4 INTERMEDIATE FORMS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN MOLLUGINACEAE PA Christin, TL Sage, EJ Edwards, RM Ogburn, R Khoshravesh, RF Sage Evolution 65 (3), 643-660, 2011 | 141 | 2011 |
| Deconstructing Kranz anatomy to understand C4 evolution MR Lundgren, CP Osborne, PA Christin Journal of experimental botany 65 (13), 3357-3369, 2014 | 140 | 2014 |
| Evolutionary Switch and Genetic Convergence on rbcL following the Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis PA Christin, N Salamin, AM Muasya, EH Roalson, F Russier, G Besnard Molecular biology and evolution 25 (11), 2361-2368, 2008 | 140 | 2008 |
| The evolutionary ecology of C4 plants PA Christin, CP Osborne New Phytologist 204 (4), 765-781, 2014 | 137 | 2014 |
| Adaptive evolution of C4 photosynthesis through recurrent lateral gene transfer PA Christin, EJ Edwards, G Besnard, SF Boxall, R Gregory, EA Kellogg, ... Current Biology 22 (5), 445-449, 2012 | 137 | 2012 |
| C4 eudicots are not younger than C4 monocots PA Christin, CP Osborne, RF Sage, M Arakaki, EJ Edwards Journal of experimental Botany 62 (9), 3171-3181, 2011 | 124 | 2011 |
