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António Amorim
Group leader

Antonio Amorim is Emeritus Professor at the Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto and leads the Population Genetics and Evoluton research group at i3S. His research focuses on mathematical modeling in pure and applied (forensics and diagnostics) population genetics and evolution. Among most relevant published results, those reconstructing the history of domestications and the phylogeny of lab mice lines, the demographic genetic history of various human populations and the estimation of mutation rates can be cited. He sits on the Editorial boards of various journals, has sat on the Board of various scientific societies and was the Director of various postgraduate programs. His publication record (Scopus) amounts to 491 papers, over 11,500 citations, and an h-index of 52.