Somatic mutation

HOW IT IS BUILT The methods behind it Aging Stem cell Cell division Genome WHAT IT CAN DO Its core abilities WHERE IT IS USED Germline mutation · Mutation rate Progeria SM learns · reasons · acts
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A somatic mutation is a change in the DNA sequence that occurs in a single body cell after conception and affects only that cell and its descendants. Unlike inherited mutations, which are present from birth in every cell and can be passed to offspring, somatic mutations arise randomly during a person's lifetime and …

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