Nicholas G. Martin

Nicholas Gordon Martin
Born (1950-02-14) 14 February 1950 (age 74)
Adelaide, Australia
CitizenshipAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide, University of Birmingham
Known forApplication of SEM to Behavioral Genetics; Molecular genetics; Genetics of values
Scientific career
FieldsBehavioural genetics
InstitutionsQueensland Institute of Medical Research
ThesisThe classical twin study in human behaviour genetics (1977)
Doctoral advisorLindon 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.[1] 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"[2] 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".[3][failed verification]

  1. ^ Pubmed
  2. ^ L. J. Eaves, H. J. Eysenck and N. G. Martin. (1989). Genes, culture and personality: An empirical approach. Academic Press, Inc, London.
  3. ^ quad search Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine