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Influence of mom and dad: quantitative genetic models for maternal effects and genomic imprinting.
Genetics - 1 Aug 2006
Santure Anna W, Spencer Hamish G
Abstract excerpt
The expression of an imprinted gene is dependent on the sex of the parent it was inherited from, and as a result reciprocal heterozygotes may display different phenotypes. In contrast, maternal genetic terms arise when the phenotype of an offspring is influenced by the phenotype of its mother beyond the direct inheritance of alleles. Both maternal effects and imprinting may contribute to resemblance between...
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