Epigenetics of human fetal and placental development

Dysregulation of placental and fetal epigenetics can affect gene expression patterns, including the parent-of-origin dependent expression in imprinted genes. While defects of imprinted genes have been implicated in some adverse pregnancy outcomes, little is currently known about the role of epigenet...

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Main Author: Yuen, Ka Chun
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35689