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The imprinted gene DIO3 is a candidate gene for litter size in pigs.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Coster Albart, Madsen Ole, Heuven Henri C M, Dibbits Bert, Groenen Martien A M, van Arendonk Johan A M, Bovenhuis Henk
Abstract excerpt
Genomic imprinting is an important epigenetic phenomenon, which on the phenotypic level can be detected by the difference between the two heterozygote classes of a gene. Imprinted genes are important in both the development of the placenta and the embryo, and we hypothesized that imprinted genes...
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