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How many mutations does every human have?

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When parents pass their genes down to their children, an average of 60 errors are introduced to the genetic code in the process, according to a new study. read more

The number of mutations that came from each parent was drastically different in the two different families. In one family, 92 percent of the mutations in the child's genes derived from the father, whereas in the other family, 64 percent came from the mother. read more

Let’s look at an example rather on the low side. Identical twins. An article in Smithsonian magazine, looked at the number of mutations between identical twins. Compared to one twin, the other had about 300 mutations. read more

A 2011 study in Nature Genetics examined the genomes of two human families and found that children in the study had an average of 42 unique mutations. read more

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