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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2003-07-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/3/15 |