Abstract:Mosaicism refers to the presence of genetically distinct cell lines within an organism or a tissue. Somatic mosaicism exists in distinct populations of somatic cells and commonly arises as a result of somatic mutations, mainly in early embryonic development. SNPs are important markers that distinguish between different individuals in heterogeneous biological samples and contribute greatly to disease risk association studies. In this work, we investigated the relationship between the functional variants in the … Show more
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