William M. McLaren
Top Publications A global reference for human genetic variation (2015) – 20,527 citations The Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor (2016) – 9,044 citations An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes (2012) – 8,296 citations A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing (2010) – 8,192 citations Ensembl 2018 (2017) – 2,889 citations ... <a title="William M. McLaren" class="read-more" href="https://journalsworld.com/researchers/william-m-mclaren/" aria-label="Read more about William M. McLaren">Read more</a>
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Top Publications
- A global reference for human genetic variation (2015) - 20,527 citations
- The Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor (2016) - 9,044 citations
- An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes (2012) - 8,296 citations
- A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing (2010) - 8,192 citations
- Ensembl 2018 (2017) - 2,889 citations
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- Full name
- William M. McLaren
- ORCID
- 0000-0001-6218-1116
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5052502792
Research interests
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
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- A global reference for human genetic variation ↗2015 · Nature20,527OpenAlex citations
- The Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor ↗2016 · Genome biology9,044OpenAlex citations
- 8,296OpenAlex citations
- 8,192OpenAlex citations
- Ensembl 2018 ↗2017 · Nucleic Acids Research2,889OpenAlex citations
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- A global reference for human genetic variation ↗2015 · Nature
- The Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor ↗2016 · Genome biology
- Ensembl 2018 ↗2017 · Nucleic Acids Research
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