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Common Genetic Variants

Common Genetic Variants is a type of genetic variant characterized by a minor allele frequency of 5% or greater in a given population, distinguishing it from rare variants by its higher prevalence and typically smaller individual effect size on disease susceptibility within the context of complex traits such as dementia.

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Common Variants

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Gene Dose of Apolipoprotein E Type 4 Allele and the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease in Late Onset Families

Elizabeth H. Corder, Ann M. Saunders, Warren J. Strittmatter et al. · Science · 1993 · 9.5K citations

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An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

Nature · 2012 · 8.2K citations · Full text

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The Structure of Haplotype Blocks in the Human Genome

Stacey Gabriel, S. F. Schaffner, Huy Nguyen et al. · Science · 2002 · 5.9K citations

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Potential etiologic and functional implications of genome-wide association loci for human diseases and traits

Lucia A. Hindorff, Praveen Sethupathy, Heather Junkins et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 4.2K citations

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Integrating common and rare genetic variation in diverse human populations

Penelope E. Bonnen, Katayoon Darvishi · Nature · 2010 · 3.2K citations · Full text

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    Stephen J. Chanock

    National Cancer Institute, United States

    115 publications · 9.1K citations

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  2. NG
    Nicholas G. Martin

    QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia

    74 publications · 13.2K citations

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  3. PD
    Paul D.P. Pharoah

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    80 publications · 6.8K citations

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  4. LL
    Loı̈c Le Marchand

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    71 publications · 6.4K citations

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  5. DF
    Douglas F. Easton

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    77 publications · 8K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    120 h-index

    2.1K publications

    421.1K citations

  2. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    96 h-index

    1.3K publications

    339.9K citations

  3. Broad Institute

    Cambridge, United States

    96 h-index

    1.8K publications

    624.3K citations

  4. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    93 h-index

    1.5K publications

    235.5K citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    88 h-index

    1.5K publications

    220K citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    87 h-index

    995 publications

    292.2K citations

  7. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    84 h-index

    1.1K publications

    181.6K citations

  8. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    84 h-index

    1.3K publications

    202.1K citations

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  1. Nature Genetics

    87 publications · 36.8K citations

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  2. Human Molecular Genetics

    151 publications · 14.2K citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    359 publications · 18.2K citations

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  4. PLoS Genetics

    91 publications · 15.7K citations

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  5. Diabetes

    85 publications · 9.5K citations

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