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Lack of parent-of-origin effects in Nasonia jewel wasp: A replication and extension study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Olney Kimberly C, Gibson Joshua D, Natri Heini M, Underwood Avery, Gadau Juergen, Wilson Melissa A
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In diploid cells, the paternal and maternal alleles are, on average, equally expressed. There are exceptions from this: a small number of genes express the maternal or paternal allele copy exclusively. This phenomenon, known as genomic imprinting, is common among eutherian mammals and some plant species; however, genomic imprinting in species with haplodiploid sex determination is not well characterized. Previous...
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