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somatic mutation [1]

alterations in your DNA that happen after you are conceived (they are not passed on to you from your mother or father's DNA).

Source URL (modified on February 6, 2017): https://discoveringthegenome.org/genomics-glossary/somatic-mutation?height=200&width=400

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[1] https://discoveringthegenome.org/genomics-glossary/somatic-mutation