Session on Somatic Cell Selection, Mutation, and Evolution in Health and Disease

Thanks to Neil Greenspan for this commentary.   Neil Greenspan (Case Western Reserve University) introduced the topic by describing the types of genetic mutations that can affect phenotypes: 1) variants inherited by parents from a grandparent and then transmitted to progeny, 2) variants that first occur in parental precursors of eggs or sperm and that […]

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