David Schlessinger
National Institutes of Health
David Schlessinger is a Canadian-born American biochemist, microbiologist, and geneticist. He is known for his directorship of the development of the map of the X chromosome.
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David Schlessinger is a Canadian-born American biochemist, microbiologist, and geneticist. He is known for his directorship of the development of the map of the X chromosome.
Affiliation
National Institutes of Health
Top Publications
- Next-generation genotype imputation service and methods (2016) - 4,525 citations
- Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids (2010) - 3,699 citations
- Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index (2010) - 3,002 citations
- Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height (2014) - 2,115 citations
- Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height (2010) - 2,062 citations
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- Full name
- David Schlessinger
- ORCID
- 0000-0002-4622-3352
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5079340049
Research interests
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, RNA Research and Splicing, Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
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- Next-generation genotype imputation service and methods ↗2016 · Nature Genetics4,525OpenAlex citations
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- 3,002OpenAlex citations
- 2,115OpenAlex citations
- 2,062OpenAlex citations
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- Next-generation genotype imputation service and methods ↗2016 · Nature Genetics
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