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Editorial
. 2025 Jul 17;21(7):e1011767.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011767. eCollection 2025 Jul.

Expectations for papers performing Mendelian randomization analyses

Scott M Williams  1 , Hua Tang  2 , Gregory M Cooper  3 , Anne O'Donnell-Luria  4   5 , Santhosh Girirajan  6 , Aimée M Dudley  7 , Anne Goriely  8 , Zoltán Kutalik  9 , Xiaofeng Zhu  1 , Giorgio Sirugo  10 , Michael P Epstein  11
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Expectations for papers performing Mendelian randomization analyses

Scott M Williams et al. PLoS Genet. .
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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SW, HT, GMC, AOL, SG, ZK, XZ, GS, and MPE are Section Editors for PLOS Genetics. AMD and AG are Editors-in-Chief of PLOS Genetics.

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