Population Substructure and Control Selection in Genome-Wide Association Studies

• Kai Yu ,

  * E-mail: yuka@mail.nih.gov

  Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Zhaoming Wang,

  Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Core Genotyping Facility, Advanced Technology Program, SAIC Frederick, Inc. National Cancer Institute - Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Qizhai Li,

  Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China

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• Sholom Wacholder,

  Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• David J. Hunter,

  Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Robert N. Hoover,

  Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Stephen Chanock,

  Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Gilles Thomas

  Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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