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Table 1 Mosaic variant detection by EM-Mosaic and MosaicHunter and validated by PCR product sequencing

From: EM-mosaic detects mosaic point mutations that contribute to congenital heart disease

 

Union

Shared

Unique

EM-Mosaic

MosaicHunter

High-confidence mosaic variants*

332

57

240

35

Mosaic candidates

367

58

251

58

Mosaic candidate VAF mean (SD)

0.13 (0.06)

0.12 (0.05)

0.13 (0.06)

0.10 (0.05)

MiSeq confirmation

 Total tested

143

22

75

46

 Mosaic

108

21

64

23

 Germline

3

0

3

0

 No variant

32

1

8

23

Validation rate

76%

95%

85%

50%

  1. *Mosaic variants detected from blood DNA of 2530 CHD probands, after excluding sites failing MiSeq confirmation