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[Evolutionary Aspects of Genomic Imprinting].
Molekuliarnaia biologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Sazhenova E A, Lebedev I N
Abstract excerpt
Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon that differentiates maternal and paternal copies of genes in the genome and causes monoallelic expression depending on parental origin. Imprinting is an evolutionary puzzle, as it bears the costs of diploidization without its advantages, namely, protection from recessive mutations. The aim of this review is to answer the question of why genomic imprinting arose and...
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