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Epigenetic deregulation of genomic imprinting in human disorders and following assisted reproduction.
Birth defects research. Part C, Embryo today : reviews - 1 Jun 2005
Arnaud Philippe, Feil Robert
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Imprinted genes play important roles in the regulation of growth and development, and several have been shown to influence behavior. Their allele-specific expression depends on inheritance from either the mother or the father, and is regulated by "imprinting control regions" (ICRs). ICRs are controlled by DNA methylation, which is present on one of the two parental alleles only. These allelic methylation marks...
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