Benedict Paten
University of California, Santa Cruz
Affiliation University of California, Santa Cruz Top Publications Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project (2007) – 5,327 citations Genetic effects on gene expression across human tissues (2017) – 4,771 citations GENCODE reference annotation for the human and mouse genomes (2018) – 3,576 citations The ... <a title="Benedict Paten" class="read-more" href="https://journalsworld.com/researchers/benedict-paten/" aria-label="Read more about Benedict Paten">Read more</a>
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Affiliation
University of California, Santa Cruz
Top Publications
- Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project (2007) - 5,327 citations
- Genetic effects on gene expression across human tissues (2017) - 4,771 citations
- GENCODE reference annotation for the human and mouse genomes (2018) - 3,576 citations
- The complete sequence of a human genome (2022) - 3,499 citations
- Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species (2021) - 3,333 citations
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- Full name
- Benedict Paten
- ORCID
- 0000-0001-8863-3539
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5061203088
Research interests
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genome Rearrangement Algorithms, Algorithms and Data Compression
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- 5,327OpenAlex citations
- 4,771OpenAlex citations
- GENCODE reference annotation for the human and mouse genomes ↗2018 · Nucleic Acids Research3,576OpenAlex citations
- The complete sequence of a human genome ↗2022 · Science3,499OpenAlex citations
- 3,333OpenAlex citations
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- GENCODE reference annotation for the human and mouse genomes ↗2018 · Nucleic Acids Research
- The complete sequence of a human genome ↗2022 · Science
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