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62
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246

William Amos publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William Amos sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 150 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

William Amos D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William Amos sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

William Amos is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also made in environmental science. The main subfields of study include genetics, ecology, anthropology, archeology, and molecular biology.

Amos's recent scholarly output consists of several papers covering diverse subjects within their fields. These include:

  • Genomic and fitness consequences of a near-extinction event in the northern elephant seal (2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Bayesian Skyline Plots disagree with range size changes based on Species Distribution Models for Holarctic birds (2021, Molecular Ecology)
  • Signals interpreted as archaic introgression appear to be driven primarily by faster evolution in Africa (2020, Royal Society Open Science)
  • Evolution of the recombination regulator PRDM9 in minke whales (2022, BMC Genomics)
  • Genetic analysis of Boletus edulis suggests that intra-specific competition may reduce local genetic diversity as a woodland ages (2020, Royal Society Open Science)

The topics that frequently recur in Amos's work include marine animal studies, Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, forensic and genetic research, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies, plant and animal studies, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, and avian ecology and behavior.

William Amos collaborates with several researchers with whom they have multiple co-authorships. Frequent co-authors include Elena Damm, Kristian K Ullrich, Linda Odenthal-Hesse, Joseph I. Hoffman, and Keigo Uematsu.

Amos regularly publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Royal Society Open Science, Nature Ecology & Evolution, and Molecular Ecology. These outlets reflect the interdisciplinary and evolving nature of their research interests.

In recognition of their contributions to science, William Amos was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2007.

Best Publications

  • An evaluation of confocal versus conventional imaging of biological structures by fluorescence light microscopy.

    J G White;W B Amos;M Fordham

  • 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

  • Does heterozygosity estimate inbreeding in real populations

    F. Balloux;W. Amos;T. Coulson

  • Microsatellite genotyping errors : detection approaches, common sources and consequences for paternal exclusion

    Joseph Hoffman;W. Amos

  • The influence of parental relatedness on reproductive success

    W. Amos;J. Worthington Wilmer;K. Fullard;T. M. Burg

  • When does conservation genetics matter

    William Amos;Andrew Balmford

  • Factors Affecting Levels of Genetic Diversity in Natural Populations

    William Amos;John Harwood

  • Automated binning of microsatellite alleles: problems and solutions

    W. Amos;Joseph Hoffman;A. Frodsham;L. Zhang

  • Inbreeding: Disease susceptibility in California sea lions.

    Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse;Frances Gulland;Denise Greig;William Amos

  • Microsatellite markers for the study of cetacean populations

    E. Valsecchi;W. Amos

  • How the Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope entered Biological Research

    W.B. Amos;J.G. White

  • The effect of ancient population bottlenecks on human phenotypic variation

    Andrea Manica;William Amos;François Balloux;Tsunehiko Hanihara

  • Genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis in Africans: A genome-wide scan

    Richard Bellamy;Nulda Beyers;Keith P. W. J. McAdam;Cyril Ruwende

  • Microsatellite evolution — evidence for directionality and variation in rate between species

    David C. Rubinsztein;William Amos;Jayne Leggo;Sandy Goodburn

  • Molecular scatology: the use of molecular genetic analysis to assign species, sex and individual identity to seal faeces

    J. Z. Reed;D. J. Tollit;P. M. Thompson;W. Amos

  • Microsatellite variation in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) shows evidence of genetic differentiation between two British breeding colonies.

    P. J. Allen;W. Amos;P. P. Pomeroy;S. D. Twiss

  • MICROSATELLITES SHOW MUTATIONAL BIAS AND HETEROZYGOTE INSTABILITY

    William Amos;Stephen J. Sawcer;Robert W. Feakes;David C. Rubinsztein

  • An investigation of inbreeding depression and purging in captive pedigreed populations

    E H Boakes;E H Boakes;J Wang;W Amos

  • Distance from Africa, not climate, explains within-population phenotypic diversity in humans

    Lia Betti;François Balloux;William Amos;Tsunehiko Hanihara

  • Female fur seals show active choice for males that are heterozygous and unrelated

    Joseph Hoffman;J. Forcada;P.N. Trathan;W. Amos

  • Molecules of the Cytoskeleton

    Linda K. Amos;W.B. Amos

  • Behavioral, ecological, and molecular genetic analyses of reproductive strategies in the Amazonian dart-poison frog, Dendrobates ventrimaculatus

    K. Summers;W. Amos

  • Where have all the fathers gone? An extensive microsatellite analysis of paternity in the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus).

    J. Worthington Wilmer;P. J. Allen;P. P. Pomeroy;S. D. Twiss

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Rubinsztein
David C. Rubinsztein University of Cambridge
John Harwood
John Harwood University of St Andrews
John G. White
John G. White University of Wisconsin–Madison
Neil J. Gemmell
Neil J. Gemmell University of Otago
Andrea Manica
Andrea Manica University of Cambridge
Jaume Forcada
Jaume Forcada British Antarctic Survey
Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra
Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra University of York
Adrian V. S. Hill
Adrian V. S. Hill University of Oxford
Francois Balloux
Francois Balloux University College London
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith University of Cambridge

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