Article
Gametic imprinting in mammals.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 8 Dec 1995
Barlow D P
Abstract excerpt
Embryonic development in mammals is distinct from that in other vertebrates because it depends on a small number of imprinted genes that are specially expressed from either the maternal or paternal genome. Why mammals are uniquely dependent on sexual reproduction and how this dependency is dictated at a molecular level are questions that have been intensively investigated during the past 2 years. Gene...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- DNA
- Embryonic and Fetal Development
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genomic Imprinting
- Humans
- Male
- Methylation
