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Population stratification is a potential source of error in psychiatric genetics. New study designs and statistical methods can help guard against this problem.
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Hamer, D., Sirota, L. Beware the chopsticks gene. Mol Psychiatry 5, 11–13 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4000662
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