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Genomic landscape of human allele-specific DNA methylation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 8 May 2012
Fang Fang, Hodges Emily, Molaro Antoine, Dean Matthew, Hannon Gregory J, Smith Andrew D
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DNA methylation mediates imprinted gene expression by passing an epigenomic state across generations and differentially marking specific regulatory regions on maternal and paternal alleles. Imprinting has been tied to the evolution of the placenta in mammals and defects of imprinting have been associated with human diseases. Although recent advances in genome sequencing have revolutionized the study of DNA...
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