Influence of genome imprinting on gene expression, phenotypic variations and development.

Abstract excerpt

Genome imprinting confers functional differences on parental chromosomes as a result of the differences in epigenetic inheritance from parental germlines. Repressed and derepressed chromatin structures probably constitute the initial germline-dependent 'imprints'. Any subsequent modifications, su...

Topics

• Animals
• Cell Communication
• Embryonic and Fetal Development
• Fetal Viability
• Gene Expression Regulation
• Genes, Regulator
• Humans
• Methylation
• Mice
• Phenotype