Figure 2. Term maternal versus cord blood TCR-β and IgH comparison for SHM rates, CDR3 length, and gene usage.
(A) Zoom-in of variable region for TCR-β and IgH. (B) V gene SHM rate in maternal vs cord blood. (C) Mean CDR3 length in maternal vs cord blood. *padj<0.05 by Wilcoxon rank-sum test and adjusted for multiple comparisons using the Benjamini-Hochberg procedure. (D) Applying hierarchical clustering to the V and J genes with significantly different usage results in perfect separation of maternal blood and cord blood samples into two clusters.