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Genomic imprinting: insights from plants.
Annual review of genetics - 1 Jan 2013
Gehring Mary
Abstract excerpt
Imprinted gene expression--the biased expression of alleles dependent on their parent of origin--is an important type of epigenetic gene regulation in flowering plants and mammals. In plants, genes are imprinted primarily in the endosperm, the triploid placenta-like tissue that surrounds and nourishes the embryo during its development. Differential allelic expression is correlated with active DNA demethylation by...
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