Description of first germinal mosaic mutation identified in dominant skeletal mutation experiments and considerations about how to deal with this kind of spontaneous mutation in analyses

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 545, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 109-115

  Selby, Paul B ^a,b   Earhart, Vicki S ^b,c   Garrison, Edna M ^b,c   Raymer, G Douglas ^b,c  

^a RiskMuTox   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusters of mutations; Dominant skeletal mutations; Germinal mosaicism; Specific locus mutations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; INDUCED MUTATION; MOSAICISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SKELETON MALFORMATION;

EID: 0346786530     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2003.09.016     Document Type: Article

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