Somatic Mutations in “Benign” Disease
Satu Mustjoki, Neal S. Young
Abstract
DNA mutations occur in nearly every tissue throughout the human life span and accumulate at various rates in different tissues according to intrinsic and extrinsic factors. If a mutated clone acquires features that confer a competitive advantage, clonal dominance can emerge. Such alterations can have functional consequences and cause disease.
Topics & Concepts
Somatic cellBiologyGeneticsDominance (genetics)Diseaseclone (Java method)MutationLife spanGermline mutationDNAEvolutionary biologyGeneMedicinePathologyCancer Genomics and DiagnosticsAcute Myeloid Leukemia ResearchGenomics and Rare Diseases