William Amos

4.5k total citations
72 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

William Amos is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Amos has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Genetics, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in William Amos's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (23 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (10 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (8 papers). William Amos is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (23 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (10 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (8 papers). William Amos collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Kazakhstan. William Amos's co-authors include Elena Valsecchi, Joseph I. Hoffman, Andrea Manica, Tsunehiko Hanihara, François Balloux, David C. Rubinsztein, Torkel Weis‐Fogh, Jayne Leggo, Sandy Goodburn and Helen Temple and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

William Amos

71 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Amos United Kingdom 32 1.1k 1.0k 870 444 263 72 3.1k
Dorothée Huchon Israel 30 931 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 612 1.4× 70 0.3× 69 3.4k
Catherine Hänni France 34 1.9k 1.6× 1.5k 1.4× 1.0k 1.2× 187 0.4× 225 0.9× 68 3.9k
Didier Casañe France 33 793 0.7× 1.5k 1.4× 456 0.5× 220 0.5× 75 0.3× 88 2.9k
Mauro Santos Spain 35 1.8k 1.6× 771 0.8× 1.5k 1.7× 1.2k 2.6× 469 1.8× 133 4.2k
Angus Davison United Kingdom 29 857 0.7× 497 0.5× 1.4k 1.6× 635 1.4× 53 0.2× 90 2.8k
Mihaela Pavličev United States 30 1.2k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 335 0.4× 506 1.1× 123 0.5× 69 3.7k
Daniel J. Richter United States 22 2.7k 2.4× 2.6k 2.6× 535 0.6× 187 0.4× 230 0.9× 34 5.7k
David M. Lambert New Zealand 38 2.2k 1.9× 1.0k 1.0× 1.9k 2.1× 1.1k 2.5× 60 0.2× 180 4.5k
Bryan Clarke United Kingdom 31 970 0.8× 406 0.4× 1.2k 1.4× 898 2.0× 113 0.4× 68 3.0k
Joanna L. Kelley United States 30 1.8k 1.6× 1.2k 1.2× 1.0k 1.2× 484 1.1× 65 0.2× 97 3.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Amos

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Amos

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All Works

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Martin, Simon H. & William Amos. (2020). Signatures of Introgression across the Allele Frequency Spectrum. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(2). 716–726. 20 indexed citations
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Amos, William, et al.. (2015). Inter-allelic interactions play a major role in microsatellite evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 282(1818). 20152125–20152125. 13 indexed citations
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Raj, Srilakshmi M., Luca Pagani, Irene Gallego Romero, Toomas Kivisild, & William Amos. (2013). A general linear model-based approach for inferring selection to climate. BMC Genetics. 14(1). 87–87. 13 indexed citations
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Hoffman, Joseph I., Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra, William Amos, et al.. (2009). Contrasting patterns of genetic diversity at three different genetic markers in a marine mammal metapopulation. Molecular Ecology. 18(14). 2961–2978. 38 indexed citations
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Amos, William. (2009). Heterozygosity and mutation rate: evidence for an interaction and its implications. BioEssays. 32(1). 82–90. 35 indexed citations
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Amos, William, Jonathan Flint, & Xin Xu. (2008). Heterozygosity increases microsatellite mutation rate, linking it to demographic history. BMC Genetics. 9(1). 72–72. 35 indexed citations
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Amos, William, et al.. (2005). Quantifying Ascertainment Bias and Species-Specific Length Differences in Human and Chimpanzee Microsatellites Using Genome Sequences. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23(3). 598–607. 54 indexed citations
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Amos, William, et al.. (2004). Evidence for Widespread Convergent Evolution around Human Microsatellites. PLoS Biology. 2(8). e199–e199. 25 indexed citations
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Fullard, K. J., Greg Early, Mads Peter Heide‐Jørgensen, et al.. (2000). Population structure of long‐finned pilot whales in the North Atlantic: a correlation with sea surface temperature?. Molecular Ecology. 9(7). 949–958. 74 indexed citations
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Cooper, Gillian, William Amos, Richard Bellamy, et al.. (1999). An Empirical Exploration of the (Δμ)2 Genetic Distance for 213 Human Microsatellite Markers. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 65(4). 1125–1133. 25 indexed citations
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Kirk, Richard, Robert A. Furlong, William Amos, et al.. (1999). Mitochondrial Genetic Analyses Suggest Selection against Maternal Lineages in Bipolar Affective Disorder. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 65(2). 508–518. 42 indexed citations
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Valsecchi, Elena, et al.. (1998). Molecular analysis of the efficiency of sloughed skin sampling in whale population genetics. Molecular Ecology. 7(10). 1419–1422. 29 indexed citations
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Valsecchi, Elena & William Amos. (1996). Microsatellite markers for the study of cetacean populations. Molecular Ecology. 5(1). 151–156. 270 indexed citations
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Leggo, Jayne, et al.. (1995). Microsatellites Evolve More Rapidly in Humans Than in Chimpanzees. Genomics. 30(3). 610–612. 27 indexed citations
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Rubinsztein, David C., William Amos, Jayne Leggo, et al.. (1995). Microsatellite evolution — evidence for directionality and variation in rate between species. Nature Genetics. 10(3). 337–343. 248 indexed citations
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Rubinsztein, David C., William Amos, Jayne Leggo, et al.. (1994). Mutational bias provides a model for the evolution of Huntington's disease and predicts a general increase in disease prevalence. Nature Genetics. 7(4). 525–530. 108 indexed citations
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Amos, William. (1972). Structure and coiling of the stalk in the peritrich ciliates Vorticella and Carchesium. Journal of Cell Science. 10(1). 95–122. 65 indexed citations

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