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Published online 16 December 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021216-2
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Brains may be genetic mosaics
Nerve cells mysteriously mislay chromosomes.
Many cells in the average brain may be missing huge chunks of genome, scientists revealed at a San Francisco meeting yesterday. The puzzling omissions might decide our risk of disease.
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