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Richard Villems

Richard Villems

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D-Index
77
Citations
31050
World Ranking
1746
National Ranking
6

Overview

Richard Villems is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a concentration in Genetics. Villems's work spans several specialized areas including Forensic and Genetic Research, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites research, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, South Asian Studies and Conflicts, as well as Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies.

The scientist has contributed to prominent scientific journals such as the European Journal of Human Genetics, Scientific Reports, and Human Population Genetics and Genomics. Among their recent publications are:

  • "Origin and diffusion of human Y chromosome haplogroup J1-M267" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Dissecting the paternal founders of Mundari (Austroasiatic) speakers associated with the language dispersal in South Asia" (2020, European Journal of Human Genetics)
  • "Brahui and Oraon: Tracing the Northern Dravidian genetic link back to Balochistan" (2025, Human Population Genetics and Genomics)
  • "Gene pool preservation across time and space In Mongolian-speaking Oirats" (2024, European Journal of Human Genetics)

Frequent collaborators contributing to Villems's publications include Mait Metspalu, Monika Karmin, Alena Kushniarevich, Jüri Parik, and Tuuli Reisberg. This network of co-authors indicates a collaborative approach within genetic and population studies.

Their research addresses diverse topics such as forensic applications of genetics, population genetics focusing on human migration and dispersal patterns, as well as microbiological studies related to plague and ectoparasites. The intersection of archaeology and political science also appears in their subfield contributions, underlying a multidisciplinary aspect to their work.

Best Publications

  • Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans

    Iosif Lazaridis;Iosif Lazaridis;Nick Patterson;Alissa Mittnik;Gabriel Renaud

  • The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations

    Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Heng Li;Mark Lipson;Iain Mathieson

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

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

  • Upper Palaeolithic Siberian genome reveals dual ancestry of Native Americans

    Maanasa Raghavan;Pontus Skoglund;Kelly E. Graf;Mait Metspalu

  • Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo

    Morten Rasmussen;Yingrui Li;Stinus Lindgreen;Jakob Skou Pedersen

  • An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia

    Morten Rasmussen;Xiaosen Guo;Yong Wang;Kirk E. Lohmueller

  • Beringian standstill and spread of Native American founders.

    Erika Tamm;Toomas Kivisild;Toomas Kivisild;Maere Reidla;Mait Metspalu

  • Y-Chromosomal Diversity in Europe Is Clinal and Influenced Primarily by Geography, Rather than by Language

    Zoë H. Rosser;Tatiana Zerjal;Matthew E. Hurles;Maarja Adojaan

  • Ancient DNA from the first European farmers in 7500-year-old Neolithic sites

    Wolfgang Haak;Peter Forster;Barbara Bramanti;Shuichi Matsumura

  • 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

  • Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans

    Maanasa Raghavan;Matthias Steinrücken;Matthias Steinrücken;Kelley Harris;Stephan Schiffels

  • Ancient DNA from European early Neolithic farmers reveals their Near Eastern affinities

    Wolfgang Haak;Oleg Balanovsky;Juan J. Sanchez;Sergey Koshel

  • A "copernican" reassessment of the human mitochondrial DNA tree from its root

    Doron M. Behar;Doron M. Behar;Mannis Van Oven;Saharon Rosset;Mait Metspalu

  • The dawn of human matrilineal diversity.

    Doron M. Behar;Richard Villems;Himla Soodyall;Jason Blue-Smith

  • The Emerging Limbs and Twigs of the East Asian mtDNA Tree

    Toomas Kivisild;Helle-Viivi Tolk;Jüri Parik;Yiming Wang

  • The genome-wide structure of the Jewish people

    Doron M. Behar;Bayazit Yunusbayev;Bayazit Yunusbayev;Mait Metspalu;Ene Metspalu

  • A recent bottleneck of Y chromosome diversity coincides with a global change in culture

    Monika Karmin;Monika Karmin;Lauri Saag;Lauri Saag;Mário Vicente;Melissa A. Wilson Sayres;Melissa A. Wilson Sayres

  • Genetic Evidence on the Origins of Indian Caste Populations

    Michael Bamshad;Toomas Kivisild;W. Scott Watkins;Mary E. Dixon

  • The Genetic Heritage of the Earliest Settlers Persists Both in Indian Tribal and Caste Populations

    T. Kivisild;T. Kivisild;S. Rootsi;M. Metspalu;S. Mastana

  • Most of the extant mtDNA boundaries in South and Southwest Asia were likely shaped during the initial settlement of Eurasia by anatomically modern humans

    Mait Metspalu;Toomas Kivisild;Ene Metspalu;Juri Parik

Frequent Co-Authors

Ene Metspalu
Ene Metspalu University of Tartu
Mait Metspalu
Mait Metspalu University of Tartu
E. K. Khusnutdinova
E. K. Khusnutdinova Russian Academy of Sciences
Doron M. Behar
Doron M. Behar University of Tartu
Antonio Torroni
Antonio Torroni University of Pavia
Kumarasamy Thangaraj
Kumarasamy Thangaraj Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
Lalji Singh
Lalji Singh Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
Peter A. Underhill
Peter A. Underhill Stanford University
Chris Tyler-Smith
Chris Tyler-Smith Wellcome Sanger Institute

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