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Gene defects in the soma: some get it and some don't!
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jan 2011
Lo Bernice, Lenardo Michael J
Abstract excerpt
Advances in DNA sequencing technologies have increased attention on genetic variation in somatic tissues. Although long known to cause neoplastic diseases, somatic variation is now being investigated as a pathogenetic mechanism for other diseases. Somatic changes are genomic DNA variations that were not inherited but arise in tissues throughout life. In this issue of the JCI, Magerus-Chatinet et al. explore...
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