About the Authors
- Martin Ladouceur
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Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada
- Zari Dastani
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Affiliations Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Yurii S. Aulchenko
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Institute of Cytology and Genetics SD RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Celia M. T. Greenwood
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Affiliations Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- J. Brent Richards
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* E-mail: brent.richards@mcgill.ca
Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada, Department of Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ML YSA CMTG JBR. Performed the experiments: ML CMTG. Analyzed the data: ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML ZD YSA CMTG JBR. Wrote the paper: ML ZD YSA CMTG JBR. Designed the software used in analysis: ML CMTG. Developed the WOD algorithm: CMTG. Obtained permission for the data: JBR. Performed statistical analysis and simulations: ML.