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The role of genomic imprinting in biology and disease: an expanding view.
Nature reviews. Genetics - 1 Aug 2014
Peters Jo
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Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon that results in monoallelic gene expression according to parental origin. It has long been established that imprinted genes have major effects on development and placental biology before birth. More recently, it has become evident that imprinted genes also have important roles after birth. In this Review, I bring together studies of the effects of imprinted genes...
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