Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas Gordon Martin | |
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| Born | 14 February 1950 Adelaide, Australia |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide, University of Birmingham |
| Known for | Application of SEM to Behavioral Genetics; Molecular genetics; Genetics of values |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Behavioural genetics |
| Institutions | Queensland Institute of Medical Research |
| Thesis | The classical twin study in human behaviour genetics (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | Lindon Eaves |
Nicholas Gordon Martin (born 14 February 1950) is an Australian behavior geneticist who has published over 1300 peer-reviewed articles on topics including the heritability of religion and intelligence and medical disorders such as endometriosis. Martin is among the most cited medical scientists in the Southern Hemisphere, with a number of citation classics including "Genes, culture and personality: An empirical approach" that he co-authored with Lindon Eaves and Hans Eysenck, "Analysis of the p16 gene (CDKN2) as a candidate for the chromosome 9p melanoma susceptibility locus" (Nature, and "Genetic and environmental contributions to alcohol dependence risk in a national twin sample".