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Intestinal stem cell division and genetic diversity. A computer and experimental analysis.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Aug 1997
Tsao J L, Davis S D, Baker S M, Liskay R M, Shibata D
Abstract excerpt
Somatic mutations are expected to arise with age. This process is accelerated in mice lacking the DNA mismatch repair gene Pms2. The distributions of microsatellite alleles present in small patches of normal Pms2 -/- intestines revealed a general increase in genetic diversity or the number of mutations with age. However, the patterns were complex with different distributions and variances present within a single...
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