Theory of genomic imprinting conflict in social insects

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genomic imprinting refers to the differential expression of genes inherited from the mother and father (matrigenes and patrigenes). The kinship theory of genomic imprinting treats parent-specific gene expression as products of within...

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Main Author: Queller David C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2003-07-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/3/15