By meta-analyses of SNP associations with AF, researchers discovered five novel loci near the genes NEURL (rs12415501 and rs6584555), GJA1 (rs13216675), TBX5 (rs10507248), CAND2 (rs4642101), and CUX2 (rs6490029)[9]. This evidence concerns the gene GJA1 and atrial fibrillation.