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  1. Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275, York Avenue, 10021, New York, NY, USA

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This paper is dedicated to Professor James F Crow on his 70th birthday.

An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02934457.

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Morton, N.E. Foundations of genetic epidemiology. J. Genet. 65, 205–212 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02931152

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