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David Altshuler

Researcher at University of Michigan

Publications -  353
Citations -  226195

David Altshuler is an academic researcher from University of Michigan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome-wide association study & Population. The author has an hindex of 162, co-authored 345 publications receiving 201782 citations. Previous affiliations of David Altshuler include Vertex Pharmaceuticals & Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Loss-of-function mutations in SLC30A8 protect against type 2 diabetes

Jason Flannick, +103 more
- 01 Apr 2014 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identified 12 rare protein-truncating variants in SLC30A8, which encodes an islet zinc transporter (ZnT8) and harbors a common variant (p.Trp325Arg) associated with T2D risk and glucose and proinsulin levels.
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Challenges and standards in integrating surveys of structural variation.

TL;DR: The challenges in characterizing and documenting genomic structural variants are considered, and recommendations for standards to be adopted are derived to ensure the accurate presentation of this form of genetic variation to facilitate ongoing research.
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Comparison of Fine-Scale Recombination Rates in Humans and Chimpanzees

TL;DR: Local patterns of recombination rate have evolved rapidly, in a manner disproportionate to the change in DNA sequence, in humans and chimpanzees, by analyzing polymorphism data in both species.
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Inactivating mutations in NPC1L1 and protection from coronary heart disease

Nathan O. Stitziel, +76 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the exons of the Niemann-Pick C1-like 1 (NPC1L1) protein were sequenced in 7364 patients with coronary heart disease and in 14,728 controls without such disease who were of European, African or South Asian ancestry.