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David L. Page

David L. Page

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Genetics

D-Index
122
Citations
55060
World Ranking
353
National Ranking
181

Medicine

D-Index
121
Citations
54750
World Ranking
3602
National Ranking
1988

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1986 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

David L. Page is affiliated with MIT in the United States and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Cell Biology.

Their scientific work focuses primarily on several main topics:

  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Recent publications by David L. Page include:

  • "Where is the boundary of the human pseudoautosomal region?" (2024, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • "Dosage-sensitive functions in embryonic development drove the survival of genes on sex-specific chromosomes in snakes, birds, and mammals" (2021, Genome Research)
  • "Dynamic and regulated TAF gene expression during mouse embryonic germ cell development" (2020, PLoS Genetics)
  • "Dosage-sensitive functions in embryonic development drove the survival of genes on sex-specific chromosomes in snakes, birds, and mammals" (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • "GC-biased gene conversion in X-chromosome palindromes conserved in human, chimpanzee, and rhesus macaque" (2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics)

Frequent co-authors working with David L. Page include:

  • Daniel W. Bellott
  • Helen Skaletsky
  • Megan A. Gura
  • Maria M. Mikedis
  • Kimberly A. Seymour

Publication venues where this scientist often contributes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • Genome Research
  • PLoS Genetics
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

David L. Page has been recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2005 and was named a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 1986.

Best Publications

  • The male-specific region of the human Y chromosome is a mosaic of discrete sequence classes.

    Helen Skaletsky;Tomoko Kuroda-Kawaguchi;Patrick J. Minx;Holland S. Cordum

  • Estimation of the warfarin dose with clinical and pharmacogenetic data

    Klein Te;Altman Rb;Eriksson N

  • Diverse spermatogenic defects in humans caused by Y chromosome deletions encompassing a novel RNA-binding protein gene

    Renee Reijo;Tien-Yi Lee;Pia Salo;Raaji Alagappan

  • A gene map of the human genome

    G. D. Schuler;M. S. Boguski;E. A. Stewart;L. D. Stein

  • Four Evolutionary Strata on the Human X Chromosome

    Bruce T. Lahn;David C. Page

  • A comprehensive genetic map of the mouse genome

    William F. Dietrich;Joyce Miller;Robert Steen;Mark A. Merchant

  • FUNCTIONAL COHERENCE OF THE HUMAN Y CHROMOSOME

    Bruce T. Lahn;David C. Page

  • The sex-determining region of the human Y chromosome encodes a finger protein

    David C. Page;Rebecca Mosher;Elizabeth M. Simpson;Elizabeth M.C. Fisher

  • Retinoic acid regulates sex-specific timing of meiotic initiation in mice.

    Jana Koubova;Douglas B. Menke;Qing Zhou;Blanche Capel

  • An STS-Based Map of the Human Genome

    Thomas J. Hudson;Lincoln D. Stein;Sebastian S. Gerety;Junli Ma

  • An abundance of X-linked genes expressed in spermatogonia

    P. Jeremy Wang;P. Jeremy Wang;John R. McCarrey;Fang Yang;Fang Yang;David C. Page;David C. Page

  • The AZFc region of the Y chromosome features massive palindromes and uniform recurrent deletions in infertile men.

    Tomoko Kuroda-Kawaguchi;Helen Skaletsky;Helen Skaletsky;Laura G. Brown;Laura G. Brown;Patrick J. Minx

  • Abundant gene conversion between arms of palindromes in human and ape Y chromosomes

    Steve Rozen;Helen Skaletsky;Janet D. Marszalek;Patrick J. Minx

  • A genetic map of the mouse with 4,006 simple sequence length polymorphisms.

    William F. Dietrich;Joyce C. Miller;Robert G. Steen;Mark Merchant

  • Privacy in pharmacogenetics: an end-to-end case study of personalized warfarin dosing

    Matthew Fredrikson;Eric Lantz;Somesh Jha;Simon Lin

  • Severe oligozoospermia resulting from deletions of azoospermia factor gene on Y chromosome

    R. Reijo;R. Reijo;R.K. Alagappan;R.K. Alagappan;D.C. Page;D.C. Page;P. Patrizio;P. Patrizio

  • The human Y chromosome: a 43-interval map based on naturally occurring deletions.

    Douglas Vollrath;Simon Foote;Adrienne Hilton;Laura G. Brown

  • Stra8 and its inducer, retinoic acid, regulate meiotic initiation in both spermatogenesis and oogenesis in mice

    Ericka L. Anderson;Andrew E. Baltus;Hermien L. Roepers-Gajadien;Terry J. Hassold

  • Mammalian Y chromosomes retain widely expressed dosage-sensitive regulators

    Daniel W. Bellott;Jennifer F. Hughes;Helen Skaletsky;Laura G. Brown

  • Incomplete reactivation of Oct4-related genes in mouse embryos cloned from somatic nuclei.

    Alex Bortvin;Kevin Eggan;Helen Skaletsky;Helen Skaletsky;Hidenori Akutsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve Rozen
Steve Rozen National University of Singapore
Sherman J. Silber
Sherman J. Silber Mount Sinai Morningside
Dirk G. de Rooij
Dirk G. de Rooij Utrecht University
Jude W. Shavlik
Jude W. Shavlik University of Wisconsin–Madison
Richard K. Wilson
Richard K. Wilson Nationwide Children's Hospital
Tina Graves
Tina Graves Washington University in St. Louis
Christine M. Disteche
Christine M. Disteche University of Washington
Wesley C. Warren
Wesley C. Warren University of Missouri
Albert de la Chapelle
Albert de la Chapelle The Ohio State University
Elizabeth M. Simpson
Elizabeth M. Simpson University of British Columbia

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