Ralph L. Brinster
University of Pennsylvania
Ralph Lawrence Brinster is an American geneticist, National Medal of Science laureate, and Richard King Mellon Professor of Reproductive Physiology at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
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Ralph Lawrence Brinster is an American geneticist, National Medal of Science laureate, and Richard King Mellon Professor of Reproductive Physiology at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Affiliation
University of Pennsylvania
Top Publications
- The c-myc oncogene driven by immunoglobulin enhancers induces lymphoid malignancy in transgenic mice (1985) - 1,811 citations
- Spermatogenesis following male germ-cell transplantation. (1994) - 1,584 citations
- Dramatic growth of mice that develop from eggs microinjected with metallothionein–growth hormone fusion genes (1982) - 1,353 citations
- GERM-LINE TRANSFORMATION OF MICE (1986) - 1,159 citations
- Germline transmission of donor haplotype following spermatogonial transplantation. (1994) - 1,109 citations
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- Full name
- Ralph L. Brinster
- ORCID
- 0000-0003-1408-7656
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5089013559
Research interests
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Sperm and Testicular Function, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
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- 1,811OpenAlex citations
- Spermatogenesis following male germ-cell transplantation. ↗1994 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1,584OpenAlex citations
- 1,353OpenAlex citations
- GERM-LINE TRANSFORMATION OF MICE ↗1986 · Annual Review of Genetics1,159OpenAlex citations
- Germline transmission of donor haplotype following spermatogonial transplantation. ↗1994 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1,109OpenAlex citations
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- Spermatogenesis following male germ-cell transplantation. ↗1994 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- GERM-LINE TRANSFORMATION OF MICE ↗1986 · Annual Review of Genetics
- Germline transmission of donor haplotype following spermatogonial transplantation. ↗1994 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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