Synthetic Associations Created by Rare Variants Do Not Explain Most GWAS Results

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Naomi R. Wray ,

* E-mail: Naomi.Wray@qimr.edu.au

Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
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Shaun M. Purcell,

Affiliations Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Peter M. Visscher

Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
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