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Title: The landscape of somatic mutations in lymphoblastoid cell lines
Somatic mutations have important biological ramifications while exerting substantial rate, type, and genomic location heterogeneity. Yet, their sporadic occurrence makes them difficult to study at scale and across individuals. Lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs), a model system for human population and functional genomics, harbor large numbers of somatic mutations and have been extensively genotyped. By comparing 1,662 LCLs, we report that the mutational landscape of the genome varies across individuals in terms of the number of mutations, their genomic locations, and their spectra; this variation may itself be modulated by somatic trans-acting mutations. Mutations attributed to the translesion DNA polymerase η follow two different modes of formation, with one mode accounting for the hypermutability of the inactive X chromosome. Nonetheless, the distribution of mutations along the inactive X chromosome appears to follow an epigenetic memory of the active form.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2415012
PAR ID:
10511660
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Cell Press
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Cell Genomics
Volume:
3
Issue:
6
ISSN:
2666-979X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
100305
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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