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A mutation that has arisen in the germ line (egg cell or sperm) of one parent. If it is passed on to a child (50 percent probability), it is detectable in all body cells of the child (again also in cells of the germ line).
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If germline mutations imply a pathogenic function, they are defined as inherited mutations of a hereditary disease that can be tested diagnostically pre- and postnatally. In contrast to a germline mutation is the somatic mutation.
