Richard Hudson
Research Summary / Selected Publications
My research concerns primarily the analysis and interpretation of molecular variation within and between populations. The goal is to understand the evolutionary forces that have produced the observed patterns of variation within populations and between species. My work is entirely theoretical, focusing on the stochastic processes relevant to evolution in finite populations in which genetic drift, mutation, migration and selection may all be important. Monte Carlo computer simulations and methods of statistical inference are important aspects of the work. Much of my past work has focused on Drosophila data, in the future it is likely that human variation will be a major focus.
My research concerns primarily the analysis and interpretation of molecular variation within and between populations. The goal is to understand the evolutionary forces that have produced the observed patterns of variation within populations and between species. My work is entirely theoretical, focusing on the stochastic processes relevant to evolution in finite populations in which genetic drift, mutation, migration and selection may all be important. Monte Carlo computer simulations and methods of statistical inference are important aspects of the work. Much of my past work has focused on Drosophila data, in the future it is likely that human variation will be a major focus.
Antezana, M.A. and Hudson, R. R. 1999. Type I error and the power of the s-test: Old lessons from a new, analytically justified statistical test for phylogenies. Systematic Biology 48: 300-316.
Boster, J. S., Hudson, R. R., Harpending, H. C., Hammel, E. A., D Andrade, R. G., Gaulin, S. J. C. 1998 High paternity certainties of Jewish priests. American Anthropologist 100: 967-971.
Haubold, B., Travisano, M., Rainey, P. B., and Hudson, R. R. 1998 Detecting linkage disequilibrium in bacterial populations. Genetics 150: 1341-1348.
Hudson, R. R. 1998. Island models and the coalescent process. Molecular Ecology 7:413-418.
Rich, S. M., Hudson, R. R., and Ayala, F. J. 1997 Plasmodium falciparum antigenic diversity: Evidence of clonal population structure. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 94:13040-13045.
Rich, S. M., Licht, M. C., Hudson, R. R., and Ayala, F. J. 1998 Malaria s Eve: Evidence of a recent population bottleneck throughout the world populations of Plasmodium falciparum. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 95:4425-4430.
Antezana, M.A. and Hudson, R. R. 1999. Type I error and the power of the s-test: Old lessons from a new, analytically justified statistical test for phylogenies. Systematic Biology 48: 300-316.
Boster, J. S., Hudson, R. R., Harpending, H. C., Hammel, E. A., D Andrade, R. G., Gaulin, S. J. C. 1998 High paternity certainties of Jewish priests. American Anthropologist 100: 967-971.
Haubold, B., Travisano, M., Rainey, P. B., and Hudson, R. R. 1998 Detecting linkage disequilibrium in bacterial populations. Genetics 150: 1341-1348.
Hudson, R. R. 1998. Island models and the coalescent process. Molecular Ecology 7:413-418.
Rich, S. M., Hudson, R. R., and Ayala, F. J. 1997 Plasmodium falciparum antigenic diversity: Evidence of clonal population structure. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 94:13040-13045.
