"Mosaicism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The occurrence in an individual of two or more cell populations of different chromosomal constitutions, derived from a single ZYGOTE, as opposed to CHIMERISM in which the different cell populations are derived from more than one zygote.
| Descriptor ID |
D009030
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.365.590.175.595
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mosaicism" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mosaicism" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mosaicism" by people in Profiles.
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Double Mosaicism in Xia-Gibbs Syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2026 Jul; 200(7):1657-1661.
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Targeted deep sequencing identifies mosaicism in patients with immune dysregulation. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2026 May; 157(5):1179-1194.
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Case Series of Nizon-Isidor Syndrome by Heterozygous Variants in MED12L With Further Evidence of Mitotic Instability in One Case With Diploid-Triploid Mosaicism. Am J Med Genet A. 2026 01; 200(1):205-214.
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The Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues Network. Nature. 2025 07; 643(8070):47-59.
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Genomic and phenotypic correlates of mosaic loss of chromosome Y in blood. Am J Hum Genet. 2025 02 06; 112(2):276-290.
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MECP2 Variants in Males: More Common than Previously Appreciated. Pediatr Neurol. 2024 Dec; 161:263-267.
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Determinants of mosaic chromosomal alteration fitness. Nat Commun. 2024 May 07; 15(1):3800.
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Validation of Single-Nucleotide Mosaic Variants Through Droplet Digital PCR. Curr Protoc. 2024 May; 4(5):e1041.
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Clinical management of TP53 mosaic variants found on germline genetic testing. Cancer Genet. 2024 Jun; 284-285:43-47.
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Human embryonic genetic mosaicism and its effects on development and disease. Nat Rev Genet. 2024 Oct; 25(10):698-714.