Robert C. Elston

Research.com Recognitions

• 1996 - William Allan Award, the American Society of Human Genetics
• 1973 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• 1969 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Best Publications

• Natural selection on EPAS1 (HIF2α) associated with low hemoglobin concentration in Tibetan highlanders

  Cynthia M. Beall;Gianpiero L. Cavalleri;Libin Deng;Robert C. Elston

  917
  Citations

• A Generalized Combinatorial Approach for Detecting Gene-by-Gene and Gene-by-Environment Interactions with Application to Nicotine Dependence

  Xiang Yang Lou;Guo Bo Chen;Guo Bo Chen;Lei Yan;Lei Yan;Jennie Z. Ma

  675
  Citations

• Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (lynch syndromes I and II). I. Clinical description of resource

  Henry T. Lynch;William Kimberling;William A. Albano;Jane F. Lynch

  567
  Citations

• Sibling correlations and segregation analysis of age-related maculopathy: the Beaver Dam Eye Study.

  Ibrahim M. Heiba;Robert C. Elston;Barbara E. K. Klein;Ronald Klein

  357
  Citations

• Linkage and Association Analysis of Angiotensin I–Converting Enzyme (ACE)–Gene Polymorphisms with ACE Concentration and Blood Pressure

  Xiaofeng Zhu;Nourdine Bouzekri;Lorraine Southam;Richard S. Cooper

  353
  Citations

• Increased Familial Risk for Lung Cancer

  Wee L. Ooi;Robert C. Elston;Vivien W. Chen;Joan E. Bailey-Wilson

  352
  Citations

• A quantitative-trait analysis of human plasma-dopamine β-hydroxylase activity: Evidence for a major functional polymorphism at the DBH locus

  Cyrus P. Zabetian;George M. Anderson;Sarah G. Buxbaum;Robert C. Elston

  347
  Citations

• Evidence for mendelian inheritance in the pathogenesis of lung cancer.

  Thomas A. Sellers;Joan E. Bailey-Wilson;Robert C. Elston;Alexander F. Wilson

  328
  Citations

• Premature Myocardial Infarction Novel Susceptibility Locus on Chromosome 1P34-36 Identified by Genomewide Linkage Analysis

  Qing Wang;Shaoqi Rao;Gong Qing Shen;Lin Li

  312
  Citations

• Defining “mutation” and “polymorphism” in the era of personal genomics

  Roshan Karki;Deep Pandya;Robert C. Elston;Cristiano Ferlini

  303
  Citations

• A whole-genome scan for obstructive sleep apnea and obesity.

  Lyle J. Palmer;Sarah G. Buxbaum;Emma K. Larkin;Emma K. Larkin;Sanjay R. Patel

  299
  Citations

• Lifetime prevalence of uveal melanoma in white patients with oculo(dermal) melanocytosis

  Arun D. Singh;Patrick De Potter;Bonnie A. Fijal;Carol L. Shields

  295
  Citations

• Familial hyper-alpha-lipoproteinemia: Studies in eighteen kindreds

  C.J. Glueck;C.J. Glueck;R.W. Fallat;R.W. Fallat;F. Millett;F. Millett;P. Gartside;P. Gartside

  294
  Citations

• Genetic dissection of complex traits.

  John S. Witte;Robert C. Elston;Nicholas J. Schork

  254
  Citations

• Ethnic- and gender-specific association of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α4 subunit gene (CHRNA4) with nicotine dependence

  Ming D. Li;Joke Beuten;Jennie Z. Ma;Thomas J. Payne

  242
  Citations

• An autosomal screen for genes that predispose to celiac disease in the western counties of Ireland.

  Fei Zhong;Candace C. McCombs;Jane M. Olson;Robert C. Elston

  234
  Citations

• Plasma Aldosterone Is Independently Associated With the Metabolic Syndrome

  Murielle Bochud;Jürg Nussberger;Pascal Bovet;Marc R. Maillard

  228
  Citations

• Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (lynch syndromes I and II). II. Biomarker studies

  Henry T. Lynch;Guy S. Schuelke;William J. Kimberling;William A. Albano

  226
  Citations

• Genome-Wide Association Studies

  Gang Zheng;Yaning Yang;Xiaofeng Zhu;Robert C. Elston

  223
  Citations

• The Meaning of Interaction

  Xuefeng Wang;Robert C. Elston;Xiaofeng Zhu

  161
  Citations