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Imprinted gene expression in hybrids: perturbed mechanisms and evolutionary implications.
Heredity - 1 Aug 2014
Wolf J B, Oakey R J, Feil R
Abstract excerpt
Diverse mechanisms contribute to the evolution of reproductive barriers, a process that is critical in speciation. Amongst these are alterations in gene products and in gene dosage that affect development and reproductive success in hybrid offspring. Because of its strict parent-of-origin dependence, genomic imprinting is thought to contribute to the aberrant phenotypes observed in interspecies hybrids in mammals...
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