Author

Elliott Whittaker

Queen Mary University of London

Listed by name: these papers carry no ORCID for this author, so different people with the same name may be mixed together.

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Genetics· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam M. PhillippyiD· 1 shared David M. EvansiD· 1 shared Faraz K. MardakhehiD· 1 shared Francisco Rodríguez-AlgarraiD· 1 shared Maia CooperiD· 1 shared Maria R. ConteiD· 1 shared Sergey KoreniD· 1 shared Vardhman K. RakyaniD· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2026-2026 · peak 1/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

8 top collaborators · 28 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

1 shared paperGenetics

Adam M. PhillippyORCID

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

1 paper

Recent·Most cited

GeneticsCell GenomicsPeer-reviewedApr 10, 2026

Germline sequence variation within the ribosomal DNA is associated with human complex traits

Francisco Rodríguez-Algarra, Elliott Whittaker, Maia Cooper…·Vardhman K. Rakyan

The paper identifies rDNA sequence variants associated with human traits using UK Biobank data, finding enrichment in body size traits within the 28S rRNA Expansion Segment 15L region.

9 citationstop 1%

humanwhole-genome sequencing

𝕏 PostBluesky