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Ranajit Chakraborty was affiliated with the University of North Texas Health Science Center in the United States. Their research primarily contributed to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology and Genetics as subfields.

Their work spanned multiple interrelated topics, including:

  • Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases

Chakraborty published in venues such as:

  • Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent papers included:

  • "Mouse Genome Informatics: an integrated knowledgebase system for the laboratory mouse" (2024, Genetics)
  • "Updates to the Alliance of Genome Resources central infrastructure" (2024, Genetics)
  • "Updates to the Alliance of Genome Resources Central Infrastructure Alliance of Genome Resources Consortium" (2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

Their frequent co-authors included:

  • Cynthia L. Smith
  • Joel E. Richardson
  • Carol J. Bult
  • Anna V. Anagnostopoulos
  • Paul Hale

Best Publications

  • The bottleneck effect and genetic variability in populations

    Masatoshi Nei;Takeo Maruyama;Ranajit Chakraborty

  • An adoption study of human obesity.

    Albert J. Stunkard;Thorkild I.A. Sørensen;Thorkild I.A. Sørensen;Thorkild I.A. Sørensen;Craig Hanis;Craig Hanis;Craig Hanis;Thomas W. Teasdale;Thomas W. Teasdale;Thomas W. Teasdale

  • A genome–wide search for human non–insulin–dependent (type 2) diabetes genes reveals a major susceptibility locus on chromosome 2

    Craig L Hanis;Eric Boerwinkle;R. Chakraborty;D. L. Ellsworth

  • Kin selection, social structure, gene flow, and the evolution of chimpanzees

    Phillip A. Morin;James J. Moore;Ranajit Chakraborty;Li Jin

  • Evaluation of 13 short tandem repeat loci for use in personal identification applications.

    H. A. Hammond;Li Jin;Y. Zhong;C. T. Caskey

  • Y-Chromosome Evidence for a Northward Migration of Modern Humans into Eastern Asia during the Last Ice Age

    Bing Su;Junhua Xiao;Peter Underhill;Ranjan Deka

  • Admixture as a tool for finding linked genes and detecting that difference from allelic association between loci

    Ranajit Chakraborty;Kenneth M. Weiss

  • RELATIVE MUTATION RATES AT DI-, TRI-, AND TETRANUCLEOTIDE MICROSATELLITE LOCI

    Ranajit Chakraborty;Marek Kimmel;David N. Stivers;Leslea J. Davison

  • Distribution of Recombination Crossovers and the Origin of Haplotype Blocks: The Interplay of Population History, Recombination, and Mutation

    Ning Wang;Joshua M. Akey;Kun Zhang;Ranajit Chakraborty

  • BOTTLENECK EFFECTS ON AVERAGE HETEROZYGOSITY AND GENETIC DISTANCE WITH THE STEPWISE MUTATION MODEL.

    Ranajit Chakraborty;Masatoshi Nei

  • Genetic evidence supports demic diffusion of Han culture

    Bo Wen;Hui Li;Daru Lu;Xiufeng Song

  • VNTR allele frequency distributions under the stepwise mutation model: a computer simulation approach.

    M. D. Shriver;Li Jin;Ranajit Chakraborty;E. Boerwinkle

  • Apparent heterozygote deficiencies observed in DNA typing data and their implications in forensic applications.

    Ranajit Chakraborty;M. De Andrade;S. P. Daiger;Bruce Budowle

  • Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones

    Tadashi Imanishi;Takeshi Itoh;Yutaka Suzuki;Claire O'Donovan

  • The use of measured genotype information in the analysis of quantitative phenotypes in man. I. Models and analytical methods.

    E. Boerwinkle;R. Chakraborty;C. F. Sing

  • Forensics and Mitochondrial DNA: Applications, Debates, and Foundations*

    Bruce Budowle;Marc W. Allard;Mark R. Wilson;Ranajit Chakraborty

  • Y chromosome haplotypes reveal prehistorical migrations to the Himalayas.

    Bing Su;Chunjie Xiao;Chunjie Xiao;Ranjan Deka;Mark T. Seielstad

  • African origin of modern humans in East Asia: a tale of 12,000 Y chromosomes.

    Yuehai Ke;Bing Su;Bing Su;Bing Su;Xiufeng Song;Daru Lu

  • The utility of short tandem repeat loci beyond human identification: implications for development of new DNA typing systems.

    Ranajit Chakraborty;David N. Stivers;Birg Su;Yixi Zhong

  • Development of a highly polymorphic STR marker for identity testing purposes at the human androgen receptor gene (HUMARA).

    Danielle Desmarais;Yixi Zhong;Ranajit Chakraborty;Claude Perreault

Frequent Co-Authors

Li Jin
Li Jin Fudan University
Ranjan Deka
Ranjan Deka University of Cincinnati
Bruce Budowle
Bruce Budowle University of North Texas Health Science Center
Bing Su
Bing Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kenneth M. Weiss
Kenneth M. Weiss Pennsylvania State University
Masatoshi Nei
Masatoshi Nei Pennsylvania State University
Robert E. Ferrell
Robert E. Ferrell University of Pittsburgh
Mark D. Shriver
Mark D. Shriver Pennsylvania State University
Daru Lu
Daru Lu Fudan University
Takashi Gojobori
Takashi Gojobori King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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