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We thank H. Saunders and R. Huynh for processing DNA samples; M. Doyle for helping with bioinformatics analysis; and the Exome Aggregation Consortium and the groups that provided exome variant data for comparison (http://exac.broadinstitute.org/about). The study was funded by the National Breast Cancer Foundation (IF-15-004, I.G.C. and P.A.J.), Cancer Australia (PdCCRS_1107870, I.G.C. and P.A.J.), the Victorian Cancer Agency (Tumor Stream Grant, P.A.J.) and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (GNT1023698, P.A.J.; GNT1041975, I.G.C.).
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N.L. contributed to study design, generating sequencing libraries, data analysis and manuscript writing. S.M.R. contributed to generating sequencing libraries, sample management and Sanger sequencing. D.G. contributed to principal-component analysis and plotting. K.C.A., R.L., M.Z. and J.L. contributed to alignment of sequencing reads and variant calling. S.M., L.D. and M.W.W.-B. contributed to collection of study materials or patients. LifePool Investigators, E.R.T. and A.H.T. contributed to data interpretation. J.E.A.L. and S.H. contributed to generating sequencing libraries and quality control. K.L.G. contributed to data interpretation and manuscript revision. R.J.S. contributed to provision of patients’ material and data interpretation. P.A.J. contributed to study design, clinical interpretation and manuscript revision. I.G.C. contributed to study design, data analysis and manuscript revision. All authors contributed to drafting, revising and final approval of the manuscript.
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Li, N., Rowley, S.M., Goode, D.L. et al. Mutations in RECQL are not associated with breast cancer risk in an Australian population. Nat Genet 50, 1346–1348 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0206-9
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