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Nigel W. Rayner | Researchclopedia

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Nigel W. Rayner

Copenhagen University Hospital ORCID

151

Works

51,413

Citations

59

h-index

95

i10-index

Research Topics

Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

Affiliations

Broad Institute2007–2007

Brigham and Women's Hospital2015–2015

University of Minnesota2021–2021

Centre for Human Genetics2006–2023

University of Helsinki2010–2010

Top Works

A Common Variant in the <i>FTO</i> Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity

Timothy M. Frayling,Nicholas J. Timpson,et al.

20074,443 citations

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

Hana Lango Allen,Karol Estrada,et al.

20102,053 citations

Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

Andrew P. Morris,Benjamin F. Voight,et al.

20122,003 citations

Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps

Anubha Mahajan,Daniel Taliun,et al.

20181,896 citations

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes

Eleftheria Zeggini,Laura J. Scott,et al.

20081,871 citations

Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

The MAGIC investigators,Benjamin F. Voight,et al.

20101,791 citations

Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

Panos Deloukas,Stavroula Kanoni,et al.

20121,661 citations

The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

Christian Fuchsberger,Jason Flannick,et al.

20161,100 citations

Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

MAGIC,Iris M. Heid,et al.

2010961 citations