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The effect of number of rare variant sites (S) pooled together in a gene-based tests on P-value inflation (shown for mixing parameter r=1.0). There is a clear increase in inflation for the joint tests (blue lines) as the number of rare variant sites pooled into a gene-based test increases. Inflation in the burden tests (red lines) remains relatively consistent as the number of sites increases.
