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A MODEL FOR GENOMIC IMPRINTING IN THE SOCIAL BRAIN: ADULTS
31 Aug 2010
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Genomic imprinting refers to the process whereby genes are silenced when inherited via sperm or egg. The most widely accepted theory for the evolution of genomic imprinting-the kinship theory-argues that conflict between maternally inherited and paternally inherited genes over phenotypes with asymmetric effects on matrilineal and patrilineal kin results in self-imposed silencing of one of the copies. This theory...
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