Dr.
Raymond L. White
(
–
)
1943
2018
University of California, San Francisco
;
San Francisco, CA
Human geneticist; Medical scientist; Educator; Academic research agency administrator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Medical Sciences
Elected
2005
Contributions include conception of the use of genetic polymorphisms to map disease genes, discovery of variable repeat (VNTR) polymorphisms, demonstration of loss of heterzygosity as a mechanism for tumorigenesis, elucidation of the genetic basis of neurofibromatosis and familial polyposis coli, and genetic mapping of diverse human diseases.
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