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h-index: 62
Works: 140
Citations: 16K

Most-cited papers

Correcting for purifying selection: an improved human mitochondrial molecular clock.
Pedro A. Soares, L. Ermini, Noel Thomson, Maru Mormina +6 more
2009American Journal of Human Genetics722 citations Open access
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Single, Rapid Coastal Settlement of Asia Revealed by Analysis of Complete Mitochondrial Genomes
V. Macaulay, Catherine Hill, A. Achilli, C. Rengo +17 more
2005Science718 citations
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The making of the African mtDNA landscape.
A. Salas, M. Richards, Tomás De la Fe, M. Lareu +4 more
2002American Journal of Human Genetics512 citations Open access
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The molecular dissection of mtDNA haplogroup H confirms that the Franco-Cantabrian glacial refuge was a major source for the European gene pool.
A. Achilli, C. Rengo, C. Magri, V. Battaglia +17 more
2004American Journal of Human Genetics478 citations Open access
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Harvesting the fruit of the human mtDNA tree.
A. Torroni, A. Achilli, V. Macaulay, M. Richards +1 more
2006Trends in Genetics475 citations
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First Farmers: the Origins of Agricultural Societies, by Peter Bellwood. Malden (MA): Blackwell, 2005; ISBN 0-631-20565-9 hardback £60; ISBN 0-631-20566-7 paperback £17.99, xix+360 pp., 59 figs., 3 tables
Peter Bellwood, C. Gamble, S. L. Le Blanc, M. Pluciennik +2 more
2007Cambridge Archaeological Journal375 citations
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A common MYBPC3 (cardiac myosin binding protein C) variant associated with cardiomyopathies in South Asia
P. Dhandapany, S. Sadayappan, Ya-Li Xue, Gareth T. Powell +21 more
2009Nature Genetics288 citations Open access
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The African diaspora: mitochondrial DNA and the Atlantic slave trade.
A. Salas, M. Richards, M. Lareu, R. Scozzari +4 more
2004American Journal of Human Genetics284 citations Open access
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Genetic and archaeological perspectives on the initial modern human colonization of southern Asia
P. Mellars, Kevin Gori, Martin Carr, Pedro A. Soares +1 more
2013Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America279 citations Open access
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Climate change and evolving human diversity in Europe during the last glacial.
C. Gamble, W. Davies, P. Pettitt, M. Richards
2004Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences278 citations Open access
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Mitochondrial genomes of extinct aurochs survive in domestic cattle.
A. Achilli, A. Olivieri, M. Pellecchia, Cristina Uboldi +18 more
2008Current Biology277 citations Open access
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The archaeogenetics of Europe.
Pedro A. Soares, A. Achilli, O. Semino, W. Davies +4 more
2010Current Biology265 citations Open access
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A mitochondrial stratigraphy for island southeast Asia.
Catherine Hill, Pedro A. Soares, Maru Mormina, V. Macaulay +7 more
2007American Journal of Human Genetics259 citations Open access
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The Expansion of mtDNA Haplogroup L3 within and out of Africa.
Pedro A. Soares, F. Alshamali, Joana B. Pereira, V. Fernandes +8 more
2012Molecular biology and evolution248 citations Open access
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Phylogeographic analysis of haplogroup E3b (E-M215) y chromosomes reveals multiple migratory events within and out of Africa.
F. Cruciani, R. Lafratta, P. Santolamazza, D. Sellitto +15 more
2004American Journal of Human Genetics241 citations Open access
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Climate change and postglacial human dispersals in southeast Asia.
Pedro A. Soares, J. Trejaut, J. Loo, Catherine Hill +10 more
2008Molecular biology and evolution216 citations Open access
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Ancient voyaging and Polynesian origins.
Pedro A. Soares, T. Rito, J. Trejaut, Maru Mormina +12 more
2011American Journal of Human Genetics192 citations Open access
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Mitochondrial DNA signals of late glacial recolonization of Europe from near eastern refugia.
M. Pala, A. Olivieri, A. Achilli, M. Accetturo +28 more
2012American Journal of Human Genetics187 citations Open access
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High-resolution mtDNA evidence for the late-glacial resettlement of Europe from an Iberian refugium.
Luísa Pereira, M. Richards, A. Goios, A. Alonso +9 more
2005Genome Research187 citations Open access
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Large-Scale Migration into Britain During the Middle to Late Bronze Age
N. Patterson, Michael Isakov, Thomas J. Booth, L. Büster +219 more
2021Nature185 citations Open access
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A Y chromosome census of the British Isles.
C. Capelli, N. Redhead, J. Abernethy, Fiona Gratrix +11 more
2003Current Biology183 citations Open access
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Phylogeography and ethnogenesis of aboriginal Southeast Asians.
Catherine Hill, Pedro A. Soares, Maru Mormina, V. Macaulay +8 more
2006Molecular biology and evolution182 citations Open access
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Palaeolithic radiocarbon chronology: quantifying our confidence beyond two half-lives
P. Pettitt, W. Davies, C. Gamble, M. Richards
2003179 citations Open access
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Population Genetic Structure in Indian Austroasiatic Speakers: The Role of Landscape Barriers and Sex-Specific Admixture
G. Chaubey, M. Metspalu, Ying Choi, R. Mägi +23 more
2010Molecular biology and evolution162 citations Open access
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A practical guide to mitochondrial DNA error prevention in clinical, forensic, and population genetics.
A. Salas, Á. Carracedo, V. Macaulay, M. Richards +1 more
2005Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC159 citations
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Human Mitochondrial DNA and the Evolution of Homo sapiens
H. Bandelt, V. Macaulay, M. Richards
2006145 citations
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The Neolithic invasion of Europe
M. Richards
2003141 citations
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Phylogeographic investigations: the role of trees in forensic genetics.
A. Salas, H. Bandelt, V. Macaulay, M. Richards
2007Forensic Science International139 citations
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Charting the ancestry of African Americans.
A. Salas, Á. Carracedo, M. Richards, V. Macaulay
2005American Journal of Human Genetics131 citations Open access
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The Arabian cradle: mitochondrial relicts of the first steps along the southern route out of Africa.
V. Fernandes, F. Alshamali, Marco Alves, Marta D. Costa +8 more
2012American Journal of Human Genetics130 citations Open access
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Extensive female-mediated gene flow from sub-Saharan Africa into near eastern Arab populations.
M. Richards, C. Rengo, F. Cruciani, Fiona Gratrix +4 more
2003American Journal of Human Genetics128 citations Open access
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Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Tyrolean Iceman
L. Ermini, C. Olivieri, Ermanno Rizzi, Giorgio Corti +7 more
2008Current Biology125 citations Open access
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MtDNA evidence for a genetic bottleneck in the early history of the Ashkenazi Jewish population
D. Behar, M. Hammer, D. Garrigan, R. Villems +8 more
2004European Journal of Human Genetics112 citations Open access
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A Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence from a Mesolithic Wild Aurochs (Bos primigenius)
C. Edwards, D. A. Magee, Stephen D. E. Park, P. McGettigan +9 more
2010PLoS ONE106 citations Open access
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The First Modern Human Dispersals across Africa
T. Rito, M. Richards, V. Fernandes, F. Alshamali +3 more
2013PLoS ONE103 citations Open access
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The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool
J. Gretzinger, D. Sayer, P. Justeau, E. Altena +76 more
2022Nature102 citations Open access
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The case for the continuing use of the revised Cambridge Reference Sequence (rCRS) and the standardization of notation in human mitochondrial DNA studies
H. Bandelt, A. Kloss-Brandstätter, M. Richards, Yong-Gang Yao +1 more
2013Journal of Human Genetics94 citations
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The Longue Durée of genetic ancestry: multiple genetic marker systems and Celtic origins on the Atlantic facade of Europe.
Brian P. Mcevoy, M. Richards, P. Forster, D. Bradley
2004American Journal of Human Genetics88 citations Open access
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Resolving the ancestry of Austronesian-speaking populations
Pedro A. Soares, J. Trejaut, T. Rito, B. Cavadas +19 more
2016Human Genetics82 citations Open access
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Mitogenome Diversity in Sardinians: A Genetic Window onto an Island's Past
A. Olivieri, C. Sidore, A. Achilli, A. Angius +28 more
2017Molecular biology and evolution81 citations Open access
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A genetic chronology for the Indian Subcontinent points to heavily sex-biased dispersals
Marina Silva, Marisa Oliveira, Daniel Vieira, Andreia Brandão +12 more
2017BMC Evolutionary Biology77 citations Open access
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A dispersal of Homo sapiens from southern to eastern Africa immediately preceded the out-of-Africa migration
T. Rito, Daniel Vieira, Marina Silva, Eduardo Conde-Sousa +4 more
2019Scientific Reports70 citations Open access
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Population expansion in the North African Late Pleistocene signalled by mitochondrial DNA haplogroup U6
Luísa Pereira, N. Silva, R. Franco-Duarte, V. Fernandes +7 more
2010BMC Evolutionary Biology68 citations Open access
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Shipwrecks and founder effects: divergent demographic histories reflected in Caribbean mtDNA.
A. Salas, M. Richards, M. Lareu, B. Sobrino +4 more
2005American Journal of Physical Anthropology68 citations
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Estimation of Mutation Rates and Coalescence Times: Some Caveats
H. Bandelt, Qing-Peng Kong, M. Richards, V. Macaulay
200667 citations
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No evidence for an mtDNA role in sperm motility: data from complete sequencing of asthenozoospermic males.
Luísa Pereira, J. Gonçalves, R. Franco-Duarte, Júlia Silva +4 more
2007Molecular biology and evolution65 citations Open access
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Foraging–Farming Transitions in Island Southeast Asia
G. Barker, M. Richards
201362 citations
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Evidence for variable selective pressures at a large secondary structure of the human mitochondrial DNA control region.
F. Pereira, Pedro A. Soares, J. Carneiro, L. Pereira +3 more
2008Molecular biology and evolution58 citations
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Mapping human dispersals into the Horn of Africa from Arabian Ice Age refugia using mitogenomes
F. Gandini, A. Achilli, M. Pala, M. Bodner +15 more
2016Scientific Reports50 citations Open access
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The expansion of the house mouse into north‐western Europe
E. P. Jones, Fríða Jóhannesdóttir, İ. Gündüz, M. Richards +1 more
201142 citations
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