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Untimely expression of gametogenic genes in vegetative cells causes uniparental disomy.
Nature - 2 Mar 2017
Folco H Diego, Chalamcharla Venkata R, Sugiyama Tomoyasu, Thillainadesan Gobi, Zofall Martin, Balachandran Vanivilasini, Dhakshnamoorthy Jothy, Mizuguchi Takeshi, Grewal Shiv I S
Abstract excerpt
Uniparental disomy (UPD), in which an individual contains a pair of homologous chromosomes originating from only one parent, is a frequent phenomenon that is linked to congenital disorders and various cancers. UPD is thought to result mostly from pre- or post-zygotic chromosome missegregation. However, the factors that drive UPD remain unknown. Here we use the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe as a model to...
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