The evolution of genomic imprinting via variance minimization: an evolutionary genetic model.

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A small number of mammalian loci exhibit genomic imprinting, in which only one copy of a gene is expressed while the other is silenced. At some such loci, the maternally inherited allele is inactivated; others show paternal inactivation. Several hypotheses have been put forward to explain how this genetic system could have evolved in the face of the selective advantages of diploidy. In this study, we examine the...

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