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  • Bushman, D. M., Kaeser, G. E., Siddoway, B., Westra, J. W., Rivera, R. R., Rehen, S. K., Yung, Y. C., Chun, J. Genomic mosaicism with increased amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene copy number in single neurons from sporadic Alzheimer's disease brains Elife  2015 4:e05116  DOI:10.7554/eLife.05116  PMID:25650802  PMCID:PMC4337608
  • Peterson, S. E., Yang, A. H., Bushman, D. M., Westra, J. W., Yung, Y. C., Barral, S., Mutoh, T., Rehen, S. K., Chun, J. Aneuploid cells are differentially susceptible to caspase-mediated death during embryonic cerebral cortical development Journal of Neuroscience  2012 32:16213-16222  DOI:10.1523/jneurosci.3706-12.2012  PMID:23152605  PMCID:PMC3614491
  • Chun, J., Westra, J. W., Bushman, D. A Reply to lourov et al Neurodegenerative Diseases  2011 8:38-40  DOI:10.1159/000315399
  • Peterson, S. E., Westra, J. W., Rehen, S. K., Young, H., Bushman, D. M., Paczkowski, C. M., Yung, Y. C., Lynch, C. L., Tran, H. T., Nickey, K. S., Wang, Y. C., Laurent, L. C., et al. Normal human pluripotent stem cell lines exhibit pervasive mosaic aneuploidy PLoS One  2011 6:e23018  DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0023018  PMID:21857983  PMCID:PMC3156708
  • Westra, J. W., Rivera, R. R., Bushman, D. M., Yung, Y. C., Peterson, S. E., Barral, S., Chun, J. Neuronal DNA content variation (DCV) with regional and individual differences in the human brain Journal of Comparative Neurology  2010 518:3981-4000  DOI:10.1002/cne.22436  PMID:20737596  PMCID:PMC2932632
  • Westra, J. W., Barral, S., Chun, J. A reevaluation of tetraploidy in the Alzheimer's disease brain Neurodegenerative Diseases  2009 6:221-229  DOI:10.1159/000236901  PMID:19738367  PMCID:PMC2837890
  • Westra, J. W., Peterson, S. E., Yung, Y. C., Mutoh, T., Barral, S., Chun, J. Aneuploid mosaicism in the developing and adult cerebellar cortex Journal of Comparative Neurology  2008 507:1944-1951  DOI:10.1002/cne.21648  PMID:18273885
  • Peterson, S. E., Westra, J. W., Paczkowski, C. M., Chun, J. Chromosomal mosaicism in neural stem cells Methods in Molecular Biology  2008 438:197-204  DOI:10.1007/978-1-59745-133-8_16  PMID:18369759
  • Kingsbury, M. A., Yung, Y. C., Peterson, S. E., Westra, J. W., Chun, J. Aneuploidy in the normal and diseased brain Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences  2006 63:2626-2641  DOI:10.1007/s00018-006-6169-5  PMID:16952055