# What is Somatic Mutation?

A DNA change acquired in body cells during life, not inherited from parents. Common language in tumor genomics.

## In real work

They classified the change as a somatic mutation after comparing tumor and matched normal DNA.

## Related terms

- [NGS](https://prompthausapp.com/learn/ngs.md)
- [Variant Calling](https://prompthausapp.com/learn/variant-calling.md)
- [Allele Frequency](https://prompthausapp.com/learn/allele-frequency.md)
- [Oncogene](https://prompthausapp.com/learn/oncogene.md)
- [Biomarker](https://prompthausapp.com/learn/biomarker.md)

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