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Penetrance in clinical versus population cohorts. Penetrance of genetic variants identified in clinical cohorts tends to be higher than the same variants identified in population cohorts, which can manifest as earlier disease onset, less severe disease, or a larger proportion of affected individuals. Due to inherent ascertainment biases in both types of cohorts, the penetrance of variants in the general unselected population is likely to lie somewhere in-between.
