Imprinted genes show unique patterns of sequence conservation

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genomic imprinting is an evolutionary conserved mechanism of epigenetic gene regulation in placental mammals that results in silencing of one of the parental alleles. In order to decipher interactions between allele-specific DNA meth...

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Main Authors: Helms Volkhard, Bieg Matthias, Hutter Barbara, Paulsen Martina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-11-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/649