A genomic view of mosaicism and human disease

Key Points Mosaicism refers to the presence of genetically distinct cells within an organism that result from postzygotic mutational events. There are several different types of mosaicism at the organismal level that are categorized by the tissue distribution of the variant cells, including germline...

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Published in:	Nature reviews. Genetics Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 307 - 320
Main Authors:	Biesecker, Leslie G., Spinner, Nancy B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2013 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	Agriculture Animal Genetics and Genomics Biomedicine Cancer Research Chromosome Deletion Cytogenetics - methods DNA Copy Number Variations Gene Function Gene mutations Genetic aspects Genome, Human Genomics - methods Health aspects Human Genetics Humans Mosaicism Mutation Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis - methods Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide review-article Risk factors Sequence Analysis, DNA United States
ISSN:	1471-0056, 1471-0064, 1471-0064
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