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Embryonic vs somatic mutation
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Correspondence: Jonathan B Weitzman jonathanweitzman@hotmail.com
Genome Biology 2002, 3:spotlight-20020315-01 doi:10.1186/gb-spotlight-20020315-01
Published: 15 March 2002The mutation frequency of embryonic stem cells is much lower than somatic cells but often involves chromosomal loss and uniparental disomy.