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Bias due to selection of rare variants using frequency in controls

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C.T.J. is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Banting and Best Canada Graduate Scholarship, a Heart and Stroke Foundation Program Grant and a CIHR Vascular Research Fellowship. R.A.H. is supported by the Jacob J. Wolfe Distinguished Medical Research Chair, the Edith Schulich Vinet Canada Research Chair in Human Genetics (Tier I), the Martha G. Blackburn Chair in Cardiovascular Research and operating grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (MOP-13430, MOP-79523, CTP-79853), the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (NA-6059, T-6018, PRG-4854) and Genome Canada through the Ontario Genomics Institute.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

    Christopher T Johansen, Jian Wang & Robert A Hegele

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

    Christopher T Johansen, Jian Wang & Robert A Hegele

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Johansen, C., Wang, J. & Hegele, R. Bias due to selection of rare variants using frequency in controls. Nat Genet 43, 394–395 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.817

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