| New grass phylogeny resolves deep evolutionary relationships and discovers C4 origins GPWG II New Phytologist 193 (6), 304-312, 2012 | 469 | 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 | 423 | 2008 |
| The complex history of the olive tree: from Late Quaternary diversification of Mediterranean lineages to primary domestication in the northern Levant G Besnard, B Khadari, M Navascués, M Fernández-Mazuecos, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 280 (1756), 20122833, 2013 | 293 | 2013 |
| 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, USA 110 (4), 1381-1386, 2013 | 279 | 2013 |
| Genetic relationships in the olive (Olea europaea L.) reflect multilocal selection of cultivars G Besnard, P Baradat, A Bervillé Theoretical and Applied Genetics 102 (2), 251-258, 2001 | 268 | 2001 |
| Primary domestication and early uses of the emblematic olive tree: palaeobotanical, historical and molecular evidence from the Middle East D Kaniewski, E Van Campo, T Boiy, JF Terral, BĎ Khadari, G Besnard Biological Reviews 87 (4), 885-899, 2012 | 252 | 2012 |
| 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 | 242 | 2007 |
| A first linkage map of olive (Olea europaea L.) cultivars using RAPD, AFLP, RFLP and SSR markers R de la Rosa, A Angiolillo, C Guerrero, M Pellegrini, L Rallo, G Besnard, ... Theoretical and Applied Genetics 106 (7), 1273-1282, 2003 | 237 | 2003 |
| Olea europaea (Oleaceae) phylogeography based on chloroplast DNA polymorphism G Besnard, B Khadari, P Baradat, A Bervillé Theoretical and Applied Genetics 104 (8), 1353-1361, 2002 | 219 | 2002 |
| Causes and evolutionary significance of genetic convergence PA Christin, DM Weinreich, G Besnard Trends in Genetics 26 (9), 400-405, 2010 | 216 | 2010 |
| Multiple origins for Mediterranean olive (Olea europaea L. ssp. europaea) based upon mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms G Besnard, A Bervillé Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences-Series III-Sciences de la Vie 323 …, 2000 | 213 | 2000 |
| On the origins and domestication of the olive: a review and perspectives G Besnard, JF Terral, A Cornille Annals of Botany 121 (3), 385-403, 2018 | 206 | 2018 |
| 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 | 178 | 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 | 177 | 2009 |
| Cytoplasmic male sterility in the olive (Olea europaea L.) G Besnard, B Khadari, P Villemur, A Bervillé Theoretical and Applied Genetics 100 (7), 1018-1024, 2000 | 164 | 2000 |
| Plastid and nuclear DNA polymorphism reveals historical processes of isolation and reticulation in the olive tree complex (Olea europaea) G Besnard, R Rubio de Casas, P Vargas Journal of Biogeography 34 (4), 736-752, 2007 | 159 | 2007 |
| Cultivar identification in olive based on RAPD markers G Besnard, C Breton, P Baradat, B Khadari, A Bervillé Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 126 (6), 668-675, 2001 | 152 | 2001 |
| The use of molecular markers for germplasm management in a French olive collection B Khadari, C Breton, N Moutier, J Roger, G Besnard, A Bervillé, F Dosba Theoretical and Applied Genetics 106 (3), 521-529, 2003 | 151 | 2003 |
| Genomic profiling of plastid DNA variation in the Mediterranean olive tree G Besnard, P Hernández, B Khadari, G Dorado, V Savolainen BMC Plant Biology 11 (1), 80, 2011 | 144 | 2011 |
| 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 | 143 | 2008 |
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