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Martin B. Richards is affiliated with the University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specialization in Genetics. The scope of their work encompasses various subfields such as Archeology, Ecology, Paleontology, and Anthropology.

Richards's main research topics include:

  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Race, Genetics, and Society
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

The scientist has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers in reputable venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool, 2022, Nature
  • Ancient DNA at the edge of the world: Continental immigration and the persistence of Neolithic male lineages in Bronze Age Orkney, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Phylogeography of 27,000 SARS-CoV-2 Genomes: Europe as the Major Source of the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, Microorganisms
  • Biomolecular insights into North African-related ancestry, mobility and diet in eleventh-century Al-Andalus, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Contrasting Patterns of Genetic Diversity in European Mammals in the Context of Glacial Refugia, 2024, Diversity

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Richards include Maria Pala, Ceiridwen J. Edwards, Francesca Gandini, Pierre Justeau, and M. George B. Foody.

Richards's research has been disseminated across several recurring publication venues such as Scientific Reports, Antiquity, Nature, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Mitochondrial portraits of human populations using median networks.

    Hans J. Bandelt;Peter Forster;Brian C. Sykes;Martin B. Richards

  • Tracing European founder lineages in the Near Eastern mtDNA pool.

    Martin B. Richards;Martin B. Richards;Vincent Macaulay;Eileen Hickey;Emilce Vega

  • Single, rapid coastal settlement of Asia revealed by analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes.

    Vincent A. Macaulay;Catherine Hill;Alessandro Achilli;Chiara Rengo

  • Correcting for Purifying Selection: An Improved Human Mitochondrial Molecular Clock

    Pedro Soares;Luca Ermini;Luca Ermini;Noel Thomson;Maru Mormina;Maru Mormina

  • First Farmers: The Origins of Agricultural Societies

    Peter Bellwood;Clive Gamble;Steven A. Le Blanc;Mark Pluciennik

  • Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East

    Iosif Lazaridis;Dani Nadel;Gary Rollefson;Deborah C. Merrett

  • The Emerging Tree of West Eurasian mtDNAs: A Synthesis of Control-Region Sequences and RFLPs

    Vincent Macaulay;Martin B. Richards;Eileen Hickey;Emilce Vega

  • Paleolithic and neolithic lineages in the European mitochondrial gene pool

    Martin B. Richards;H. Côrte-Real;P. Forster;V. Macaulay

  • The Making of the African mtDNA Landscape

    Antonio Salas;Antonio Salas;Antonio Salas;Martin B. Richards;Tomás De la Fe;María-Victoria Lareu

  • The Molecular Dissection of mtDNA Haplogroup H Confirms That the Franco-Cantabrian Glacial Refuge Was a Major Source for the European Gene Pool

    Alessandro Achilli;Chiara Rengo;Chiara Magri;Vincenza Battaglia

  • Harvesting the fruit of the human mtDNA tree

    Antonio Torroni;Alessandro Achilli;Vincent Macaulay;Martin B. Richards

  • Phylogeography of mitochondrial DNA in western Europe

    M. B. Richards;V. A. Macaulay;H.-J. Bandelt;B. C. Sykes

  • The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years.

    Iñigo Olalde;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Nick Patterson;Nadin Rohland

  • Mitochondrial footprints of human expansions in Africa.

    Elizabeth Watson;Peter Forster;Martin Richards;Hans Jürgen Bandelt

  • A Signal, from Human mtDNA, of Postglacial Recolonization in Europe

    Antonio Torroni;Antonio Torroni;Hans Jürgen Bandelt;Vincent Macaulay;Martin Richards

  • Molecular Genetic Analyses of the Tyrolean Ice Man

    Oliva Handt;Martin Richards;Marion Trommsdorff;Christian Kilger

  • Genetic and archaeological perspectives on the initial modern human colonization of southern Asia

    Paul Mellars;Paul Mellars;Kevin C. Gori;Kevin C. Gori;Martin Carr;Martin Carr;Pedro A. Soares

  • Mitochondrial genomes of extinct aurochs survive in domestic cattle

    Alessandro Achilli;Anna Olivieri;Marco Pellecchia;Cristina Uboldi

  • The African diaspora: Mitochondrial DNA and the Atlantic slave trade

    Antonio Salas;Antonio Salas;Antonio Salas;Martin B. Richards;Martin B. Richards;María Victoria Lareu;Rosaria Scozzari

  • The Archaeogenetics of Europe

    Pedro Soares;Alessandro Achilli;Alessandro Achilli;Ornella Semino;William Davies

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Macaulay
Vincent Macaulay University of Glasgow
Antonio Torroni
Antonio Torroni University of Pavia
Luísa Pereira
Luísa Pereira University of Porto
Hans-Jürgen Bandelt
Hans-Jürgen Bandelt Universität Hamburg
James F. Wilson
James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh
Antonio Salas
Antonio Salas University of Santiago de Compostela
Alessandro Achilli
Alessandro Achilli University of Pavia
Richard Villems
Richard Villems University of Tartu
Ornella Semino
Ornella Semino University of Pavia

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