Assays to determine allelic usage of gene expression in the placenta.

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Mammalian placentas express a large number of so-called imprinted genes. Imprinting refers to mono-allelic or biased expression based on which parent contributed the allele. Many of these imprinted loci encode factors involved in growth and cell-cycle regulation, as well as maternal behavior. In general, paternally expressed genes tend to enhance growth, whereas maternally expressed genes inhibit growth. Methods...

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