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- Title
Somatic Mosaicism in the Human Genome.
- Authors
Freed, Donald; Stevens, Eric L.; Pevsner, Jonathan
- Abstract
Somatic mosaicism refers to the occurrence of two genetically distinct populations of cells within an individual, derived from a postzygotic mutation. In contrast to inherited mutations, somatic mosaic mutations may affect only a portion of the body and are not transmitted to progeny. These mutations affect varying genomic sizes ranging from single nucleotides to entire chromosomes and have been implicated in disease, most prominently cancer. The phenotypic consequences of somatic mosaicism are dependent upon many factors including the developmental time at which the mutation occurs, the areas of the body that are affected, and the pathophysiological effect(s) of the mutation. The advent of second-generation sequencing technologies has augmented existing array-based and cytogenetic approaches for the identification of somatic mutations. We outline the strengths and weaknesses of these techniques and highlight recent insights into the role of somatic mosaicism in causing cancer, neurodegenerative, monogenic, and complex disease.
- Subjects
MOSAICISM; HUMAN genome; NUCLEOTIDES; CHROMOSOMES; CELLS; NUCLEOTIDE sequence
- Publication
Genes, 2014, Vol 5, Issue 4, p1064
- ISSN
2073-4425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/genes5041064