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The aetiology of clubfoot is poorly understood and variants in known clubfoot disease genes account for only a small portion of the heritability.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Exome sequence data were generated from 1190 non-syndromic clubfoot cases and their family members from multiple ethnicities. Ultra-rare variant burden analysis was performed comparing 857 unrelated clubfoot cases with European ancestry with two independent ethnicity-matched control groups (1043 in-house and 56\u2009885 gnomAD controls). Additional variants in prioritised genes were identified in a larger cohort, including probands with non-European ancestry. Segregation analysis was performed in multiplex families when available.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>\nRare variants in 29 genes were enriched in clubfoot cases, including\n<jats:italic>PITX1<\/jats:italic>\n(a known clubfoot disease gene),\n<jats:italic>HOXD12<\/jats:italic>\n,\n<jats:italic>COL12A1<\/jats:italic>\n,\n<jats:italic>COL9A3<\/jats:italic>\nand\n<jats:italic>LMX1B<\/jats:italic>\n. In addition, rare variants in posterior\n<jats:italic>HOX<\/jats:italic>\ngenes (\n<jats:italic>HOX9\u201313<\/jats:italic>\n) were enriched overall in clubfoot cases. In total, variants in these genes were present in 8.4% (100\/1190) of clubfoot cases with both European and non-European ancestry. 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