Lon R. Cardon

Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

Panos Deloukas, Audrey Duncanson, Dominic Kwiatkowski et al. · Nature · 2007 · 9.6K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +12

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, Michael N. Weedon et al. · Science · 2007 · 4.5K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +17

Merlin—rapid analysis of dense genetic maps using sparse gene flow trees

Gonçalo R. Abecasis, Stacey S. Cherny, William Cookson et al. · Nature Genetics · 2001 · 3.4K citations

Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Genetics +15

Replication of Genome-Wide Association Signals in UK Samples Reveals Risk Loci for Type 2 Diabetes

Eleftheria Zeggini, Michael N. Weedon, Cecilia M. Lindgren et al. · Science · 2007 · 2.2K citations · Full text

Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +15

The support of human genetic evidence for approved drug indications

Matthew R. Nelson, Hannah Tipney, Jeffery L. Painter et al. · Nature Genetics · 2015 · 1.8K citations

Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +10