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Table 1 Details of all four families with parental mosaicism (pathogenic/likely pathogenic/variant of uncertain significance) in this study

From: Revealing parental mosaicism: the hidden answer to the recurrence of apparent de novo variants

Family

Gene

Origin

Sample Type

Variant detected by trio ES with peripheral blood

Variant detected by Sanger

Variant detected by BDA/BDA-qPCR

Variant detected by dPCR/ddPCR

Type of Mosaicism

Reference count

Variant count

Total count

VAF (%)

Enriched

VAF (%)

Total chambers/droplets

VAF (%)

14

CHD7

Maternal

Blood

Unknown (ES by third party)

No

No

Not tested

Not tested

Paternal gonadal mosaicism

Buccal

Not tested

No

No

Not tested

10,286

 < 0.01

Paternal

Blood

Unknown (ES by third party)

No

No

Not tested

14,649

 < 0.01

Buccal

Not tested

No

No

Not tested

14,446

 < 0.01

Semen

Not tested

Yes

Yes

Not tested

41,644

13.9

15

FLNC

Maternal

Blood

12

0

12

0.0

No

No

 < 0.1

16,628

 < 0.01

Paternal gonosomal mosaicism

Buccal

Not tested

No

No

Not tested

17,538

 < 0.01

Paternal

Blood

8

2

10

20.0

Yes

Yes

12.7

17,905

22.2

Buccal

Not tested

Yes

Yes

8.7

36,218

21.3

Semen

Not tested

Yes

Yes

22.7

17,510

35.9

17

#EYA1

Maternal

Blood

24

4

28

14.3

Yes

Not tested

Not tested

17,284

21.7

Maternal gonosomal mosaicism

Paternal

Blood

17

0

17

0.0

No

Not tested

18

EBF3

Maternal

Blood

117

17

134

12.7

Yes

Not tested

Not tested

10,203

18.4

Maternal gonosomal mosaicism

Buccal

Not tested

Yes

12,506

29.6

Paternal

Blood

107

0

107

0.0

No

Not tested

  1. #Previously reported family. VAF: Variant allele frequency; BDA: blocker displacement amplification; ES: exome sequencing; qPCR: quantitative polymerase chain reaction; dPCR: digital PCR; ddPCR: droplet dPCR