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Somatic mosaicism
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Somatic point mutations occurring early in development: a monozygotic twin study

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  • Rui Li Departments of Medicine, Human Genetics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alexandre Montpetit McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Marylène Rousseau Departments of Pediatrics and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Si Yu Margaret Wu Departments of Pediatrics and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Celia M T Greenwood Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Timothy D Spector Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael Pollak Departments of Medicine and Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Constantin Polychronakos Departments of Pediatrics and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • J Brent Richards Departments of Medicine, Human Genetics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Brent Richards, Departments of Medicine, Human Genetics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, mcGill university, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2T5; brent.richards{at}mcgill.ca
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Li R, Montpetit A, Rousseau M, et al
Somatic point mutations occurring early in development: a monozygotic twin study
Journal of Medical Genetics 2014;51:28-34.

Publication history

  • Received April 3, 2013
  • Revised September 17, 2013
  • Accepted September 18, 2013
  • First published October 11, 2013.
Online issue publication 
December 18, 2013

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