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Rachel R. Ward

University of Tennessee Health Science CenterORCID 0009-0009-4842-4885Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genomics· 2 Genetics· 1

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Organism:rat· 3 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:fine-mapping· 1

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Hao CheniD· 3 shared Burt M. SharpiD· 2 shared Robert W. WilliamsiD· 2 shared Abraham A. PalmeriD· 1 shared Alexander GuseviD· 1 shared Andrea GuarracinoiD· 1 shared Arimantas LionikasiD· 1 shared Benjamin B. JohnsoniD· 1 shared

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintNov 6, 2026

Deep transcriptomic analysis of molecular mediators of complex traits in heterogeneous stock (HS) rats

Daniel B. Munro, Khai-Minh H. Nguyen, Celine L. St. Pierre…·Abraham A. Palmer

This paper expands the RatGTEx resource with transcriptome-wide associations across 3,160 RNA-seq samples, identifying 7,473 gene-trait links and 144,876 QTLs for 22,599 genes.

DOI 10.64898/2026.11.05.764420

ratbulk RNA-seq

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintFeb 9, 2025

Hi-C sequencing data from cortex of laboratory rats

Panjun Kim, Rachel R. Ward, Burt M. Sharp…·Hao Chen

The paper presents a Hi-C dataset from rat frontal cortex to study strain-specific chromatin architecture and its impact on gene expression and neurological traits.

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ratHi-C

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GenomicsiSciencePeer-reviewedJan 23, 2025

Pangenome reconstruction in rats enhances genotype-phenotype mapping and novel variant discovery

Flavia Villani, Andrea Guarracino, Rachel R. Ward…·Vincenza Colonna

This study constructs a rat pangenome from linked-read data to enhance variant discovery and genotype-phenotype mapping in recombinant inbred strains.

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ratwhole-genome sequencing

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