Evolution and gene regulation of the genomic imprinting mechanism
Genomic imprinting describes an epigenetic mechanism by which genes are active or silent depending on their parental origin. Imprinting exists in plants and mammals, but how this monoallelic expression mechanism has evolved is not understood at the molecular leveL Here I describe the mapping, sequen...
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Open University
2007
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487154 |