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. 2020 Jul 31;10:12991. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69822-1

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Characterizing somatic mutations in single fetal haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) and fetal intestinal stem cells (ISCs). (a) Experimental strategy for characterizing somatic mutations in single cells of disomy 21 (D21) and trisomy (T21) fetuses. HSPCs and ISC were clonally expanded to obtain sufficient DNA for whole-genome sequencing (WGS). DNA from bulk skin or intestine was used as a reference to control for germline variants. After characterizing the somatic mutations in single cells, the somatic mutation load between D21 and T21 fetal cells was compared. In addition, signature analysis and phylogenetic lineage tree analyses were performed.