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W. Amos

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W. Amos — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 50
Works: 152
Citations: 10K

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Automated binning of microsatellite alleles: problems and solutions
W. Amos, J. Hoffman, A. Frodsham, Lyna Zhang +2 more
2006466 citations
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Distance from Africa, not climate, explains within-population phenotypic diversity in humans
L. Betti, F. Balloux, W. Amos, T. Hanihara +1 more
2009Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences171 citations Open access
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An investigation of inbreeding depression and purging in captive pedigreed populations
EH Boakes, J. Wang, W. Amos
2007Heredity163 citations Open access
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Homozygosity and risk of childhood death due to invasive bacterial disease
E. Lyons, W. Amos, J. Berkley, I. Mwangi +7 more
2009BMC Medical Genetics126 citations Open access
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Contrasting effects of heterozygosity on survival and hookworm resistance in California sea lion pups
K. Acevedo-Whitehouse, T. R. Spraker, E. Lyons, S. Melin +3 more
2006Molecular Ecology113 citations
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Candidate genes versus genome-wide associations: which are better for detecting genetic susceptibility to infectious disease?
W. Amos, Erin E. Driscoll, J. Hoffman
2011Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences112 citations Open access
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Phenotypic plasticity and genetic isolation-by-distance in the freshwater mussel Unio pictorum (Mollusca: Unionoida)
A. Zieritz, J. Hoffman, W. Amos, D. Aldridge
2010Evolutionary Ecology97 citations
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Deep genetic subdivision within a continuously distributed and highly vagile marine mammal, the Steller's sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
J. Hoffman, Cole W. Matson, W. Amos, T. Loughlin +1 more
2006Molecular Ecology96 citations
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Heterozygosity and lungworm burden in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina)
J. Rijks, J. Hoffman, T. Kuiken, A. D. M. E. Osterhaus +1 more
2008Heredity92 citations Open access
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Evidence that two main bottleneck events shaped modern human genetic diversity
W. Amos, J. Hoffman
2010Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences89 citations Open access
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The evolution of sex-specific immune defences
O. Restif, W. Amos
2010Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences78 citations Open access
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Consanguinity and susceptibility to infectious diseases in humans
E. Lyons, A. Frodsham, Lyna Zhang, A. Hill +1 more
2009Biology Letters76 citations Open access
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Even small SNP clusters are non-randomly distributed: is this evidence of mutational non-independence?
W. Amos
2010Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences74 citations Open access
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Quantifying ascertainment bias and species-specific length differences in human and chimpanzee microsatellites using genome sequences.
E. Vowles, W. Amos
2006Molecular biology and evolution70 citations Open access
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Morphological and genetic evidence for two evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) in the South American fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella
L. D. de Oliveira, J. Hoffman, E. Hingst-Zaher, P. Majluf +3 more
2008Conservation Genetics68 citations
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Genetic tagging reveals extreme site fidelity in territorial male Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella
J. Hoffman, P. Trathan, W. Amos
2006Molecular Ecology68 citations
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Top males gain high reproductive success by guarding more successful females in a cooperatively breeding mongoose
H. Nichols, W. Amos, M. Cant, M. B. V. Bell +1 more
201067 citations
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Contrasting context-dependence of familiarity and kinship in animal social networks
Ralf H. J. M. Kurvers, V. M. Adamczyk, R. Kraus, J. Hoffman +5 more
201361 citations Open access
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Heterogeneous distribution of SNPs in the human genome: microsatellites as predictors of nucleotide diversity and divergence.
M. A. Varela, W. Amos
2010Genomics60 citations Open access
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Contrasting patterns of genetic diversity at three different genetic markers in a marine mammal metapopulation
J. Hoffman, K. Dasmahapatra, W. Amos, C. Phillips +2 more
2009Molecular Ecology55 citations
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Pinniped phylogenetic relationships inferred using AFLP markers
K. Dasmahapatra, J. Hoffman, W. Amos
2009Heredity55 citations Open access
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Estimating levels of inbreeding using AFLP markers
K. Dasmahapatra, R. Lacy, W. Amos
2008Heredity53 citations Open access
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Female multiple mating in wild and laboratory populations of the two‐spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata
Penelope R. Haddrill, D. Shuker, W. Amos, M. E. Majerus +1 more
2008Molecular Ecology50 citations
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Geographic variation of the major histocompatibility complex in Eastern Atlantic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)
K. Cammen, J. Hoffman, L. Knapp, J. Harwood +1 more
2011Molecular Ecology48 citations
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Heterozygosity and mutation rate: evidence for an interaction and its implications
W. Amos
2010Bioessays46 citations
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Rat eradication comes within a whisker! A case study of a failed project from the South Pacific
W. Amos, H. Nichols, T. Churchyard, M. de L. Brooke
2016Royal Society Open Science43 citations Open access
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Food availability shapes patterns of helping effort in a cooperative mongoose
H. Nichols, W. Amos, M. B. V. Bell, Francis Mwanguhya +2 more
201243 citations
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Global population structure and demographic history of the grey seal
A. Klimova, C. Phillips, K. Fietz, M. T. Olsen +3 more
2014Molecular Ecology40 citations Open access
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A Preliminary Study of Genetic Factors That Influence Susceptibility to Bovine Tuberculosis in the British Cattle Herd
Erin E. Driscoll, J. Hoffman, L. Green, G. Medley +1 more
2011PLoS ONE39 citations Open access
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No relationship between microsatellite variation and neonatal fitness in Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella
J. Hoffman, J. Forcada, W. Amos
2006Molecular Ecology37 citations
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Inbreeding depression and multiple regions showing heterozygote advantage in Drosophila melanogaster exposed to stress
Alvaro G. A. Ferreira, W. Amos
2006Molecular Ecology37 citations
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Getting long in the tooth: a strong positive correlation between canine size and heterozygosity in Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella.
J. Hoffman, N. Hanson, J. Forcada, P. Trathan +1 more
2010Journal of Heredity35 citations
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A new test for genotype–fitness associations reveals a single microsatellite allele that strongly predicts the nature of tuberculosis infections in wild boar
W. Amos, K. Acevedo-Whitehouse
2009Molecular Ecology Resources33 citations
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Genetic Predisposition to Pass the Standard SICCT Test for Bovine Tuberculosis in British Cattle
W. Amos, Ellen Brooks-Pollock, Ruth Blackwell, Erin E. Driscoll +2 more
2013PLoS ONE30 citations Open access
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Signatures of Introgression across the Allele Frequency Spectrum
Simon H. Martin, W. Amos
2020bioRxiv29 citations Open access
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Variation in Heterozygosity Predicts Variation in Human Substitution Rates between Populations, Individuals and Genomic Regions
W. Amos
2013PLoS ONE29 citations Open access
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Heterozygosity increases microsatellite mutation rate
W. Amos
2016Biology Letters27 citations Open access
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Exploring the mechanisms underlying a heterozygosity-fitness correlation for canine size in the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella.
J. Hoffman, J. Forcada, W. Amos
2010Journal of Heredity26 citations Open access
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Widespread Translocation from Autosomes to Sex Chromosomes Preserves Genetic Variability in an Endangered Lark
M. de L. Brooke, J. Welbergen, M. Mainwaring, M. van der Velde +3 more
2010Journal of Molecular Evolution21 citations Open access
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Global genetic positioning: evidence for early human population centers in coastal habitats.
W. Amos, A. Manica
2006Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America21 citations Open access
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Microsatellite Length Differences Between Humans and Chimpanzees at Autosomal Loci Are Not Found at Equivalent Haploid Y Chromosomal Loci
M. Kayser, E. Vowles, Dennis Kappei, W. Amos
2006Genetics21 citations Open access
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Mutation Biases and Mutation Rate Variation Around Very Short Human Microsatellites Revealed by Human–Chimpanzee–Orangutan Genomic Sequence Alignments
W. Amos
2010Journal of Molecular Evolution18 citations
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Global demographic history of human populations inferred from whole mitochondrial genomes
Eleanor F. Miller, A. Manica, W. Amos
2018Royal Society Open Science17 citations Open access
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Inter-allelic interactions play a major role in microsatellite evolution
W. Amos, Danica Kosanović, A. Eriksson
2015Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences17 citations Open access
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A general linear model-based approach for inferring selection to climate
Srilakshmi M. Raj, L. Pagani, Irene Gallego Romero, T. Kivisild +1 more
2013BMC Genetics17 citations Open access
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Preliminary association of microsatellite heterozygosity with footrot in domestic sheep
E. M. Smith, J. Hoffman, L. Green, W. Amos
201217 citations Open access
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No correlation between multi‐locus heterozygosity and fitness in the common buzzard despite heterozygote advantage for plumage colour
M. Boerner, J. Hoffman, W. Amos, N. Chakarov +1 more
2013Journal of Evolutionary Biology16 citations
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Conservation genetics of the endangered depressed river mussel, Pseudanodonta complanata, using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers.
R. Skidmore, Christopher Leach, J. Hoffman, W. Amos +1 more
201016 citations
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Group structure, mating system and extra‐group paternity in the co‐operatively breeding White‐breasted Thrasher Ramphocinclus brachyurus
H. Temple, J. Hoffman, W. Amos
200915 citations
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Isolation of microsatellite loci from the common buzzard, Buteo buteo (Aves: Accipitridae)
P. C. Johnson, M. K. Fowlie, W. Amos
200515 citations
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