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Rate of de novo mutations and the importance of father’s age to disease risk
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Mutations generate sequence diversity and provide a substrate for selection. The rate of de novo mutations is therefore of major importance to evolution. Here we conduct a study of genome-wide mutation rates by sequencing the entire genomes of 78 Icelandic parent-offspring trios at high coverage. We show that in our samples, with an average father's age of 29.7, the average de novo mutation rate is 1.20 × 10(-8) per nucleotide per generation. Most notably, the diversity in mutation rate of single nucleotide polymorphisms is dominated by the age of the father at conception of the child. The effect is an increase of about two mutations per year. An exponential model estimates paternal mutations doubling every 16.5 years. After accounting for random Poisson variation, father's age is estimated to explain nearly all of the remaining variation in the de novo mutation counts. These observations shed light on the importance of the father's age on the risk of diseases such as schizophrenia and autism.
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“Recent evidence suggests that de novo mutations that arise in the germline are a significant cause of ASD, although it is important to keep in mind that the genetic aetiology of about 70% of the forms of ASD is unknown and it remains perplexing why ASD is at least four times more prevalent in males than in females.”
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“These studies demonstrate the ability of new sequencing technologies to significantly advance our understanding of the genetic basis of ASD.”
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“suggesting that the observed SNP heritability for autistic carriers reflects autism rather than factors associated with the generation of germline mutations57,58.”
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“We and others have demonstrated that advanced paternal age correlates with increased rates of germline mutation in offspring28–30”
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“ASD is often due to newly arising gene copy number variants (CNVs) — such as a deletion or duplication of a region of a chromosome — or a rare mutation that arises in the germ cell, particularly in sperm of older fathers5–10.”
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“References 7– 10 use exome and entire genome sequencing to demonstrate the importance of rare mutations in ASD and identify new genetic mutations associated with ASD.”
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“Thus, a majority (70%) of de novo mutations originate from the father and total rate of new mutations in offspring increase by 1–2 mutations per year with his age (Kong et al., 2012; Michaelson et al., 2012).”
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“In the Icelandic trios, TCC → TTC and GGA → GAA are ranked 20th and 18th.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kong, A., Frigge, M. L., Masson, G., Besenbacher, S., Sulem, P., Magnusson, G., Gudjonsson, S. A., Sigurdsson, A., Jonasdottir, A., Jonasdottir, A., Wong, W. S. W., Sigurdsson, G., Walters, G. B., Steinberg, S., Helgason, H., Thorleifsson, G., Gudbjartsson, D. F., Helgason, A., Magnusson, O. T., Thorsteinsdottir, U., & Stefansson, K.
- Affiliations
- deCODE Genetics (Iceland) (IS)
- Illumina (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Kong, Augustine
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2012-08
- Volume
- 488
- Issue
- 7412
- Pages
- 471-475
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- PMC
- PMC3548427
- OpenAlex
- W2020331089
- Cited by
- 2,134
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 120.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Hirsla (Landspítali University Hospital) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH071425, MH071425)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomics and Rare Diseases
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Keywords
- de novo mutations, mutation rate, paternal age, single nucleotide polymorphisms, parent-offspring trios, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, disease risk, demographic transition, Icelandic population
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Autistic Disorder, Chromosomes, Human, Female, Humans, Iceland, Male, Middle Aged, Mothers, Ovum, Paternal Age, Pedigree, Risk Factors, Schizophrenia, Selection, Genetic, Spermatozoa, Genome, Human, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Young Adult, Mutation Rate
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