Common postzygotic mutational signature in multiple healthy adult tissues related to embryonic hypoxia
Yaqiang Hong, Dake Zhang, Xiangtian Zhou, Aili Chen, Amir Abliz, Jian Bai, Liang Wang, Qingtao Hu, Kenan Gong, Xiaonan Guan, Mengfei Liu, Xinchang Zheng, Shujuan Lai, Hongzhu Qu, Fuxin Zhao, , Changqing Zeng
The paper identifies a common postzygotic mutational signature across healthy tissues linked to embryonic hypoxia, observed in both normal and some tumor samples.
bioRxiv · Feb 17, 2020 · PreprintGenetics