Large, three-generation human families reveal post-zygotic mosaicism and variability in germline mutation accumulation.

ABSTRACT: The number of de novo mutations (DNMs) found in an offspring's genome increases with both paternal and maternal age. But does the rate of mutation accumulation in human gametes differ across families? Using sequencing data from 33 large, three-generation CEPH families, we observed significant variability in parental age effects on DNM counts across families, ranging from 0.19 to 3.24 DNMs per year. Additionally, we found that ~3% of DNMs originated following primordial germ cell specification in a parent, and differed from non-mosaic germline DNMs in their mutational spectra. We also discovered that nearly 10% of candidate DNMs in the second generation were post-zygotic, and present in both somatic and germ cells; these gonosomal mutations occurred at equivalent frequencies on both parenta

SUBMITTER: Sasani TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6759356 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature