Inheritance of somatic mutations by animal offspring

KL Vasquez Kuntz, SA Kitchen, TL Conn… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Since 1892, it has been widely assumed that somatic mutations are evolutionarily irrelevant
in animals because they cannot be inherited by offspring. However, some nonbilaterians …

Prenatal presentation in two fetuses with features of Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome—An unexpected diagnosis of androgenetic chimera and its clinical implications

PT Yu, W Shu, SL Mok, PW Hui… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Beckwith Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS, OMIM 130650) is an imprinting disorder
that may present antenatally with a constellation of sonographic features namely …

Case report: Molecular analysis of a 47, XY,+ 21/46, XX chimera using SNP microarray and review of literature

C Charalsawadi, S Jaruratanasirikul, A Hnoonual… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chimerism is a very rare genetic finding in human. Most reported cases have a chi 46,
XX/46, XY karyotype. Only three non-twin cases carrying both trisomy 21 and a normal …