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Comprehensive analysis of imprinted genes in maize reveals allelic variation for imprinting and limited conservation with other species.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 Nov 2013
Waters Amanda J, Bilinski Paul, Eichten Steven R, Vaughn Matthew W, Ross-Ibarra Jeffrey, Gehring Mary, Springer Nathan M
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In plants, a subset of genes exhibit imprinting in endosperm tissue such that expression is primarily from the maternal or paternal allele. Imprinting may arise as a consequence of mechanisms for silencing of transposons during reproduction, and in some cases imprinted expression of particular genes may provide a selective advantage such that it is conserved across species. Separate mechanisms for the origin of...
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