Article
Mechanisms of genomic imprinting in mammals.
Current topics in developmental biology - 1 Jan 1994
Gold J D, Pedersen R A
Abstract excerpt
This chapter can be summarized by the following main points: Genomic imprinting results in the functional nonequivalence of the maternal and paternal genomes, thereby preventing the development of viable parthenogenotes and androgenotes in eutherian mammals. Imprinting may have arisen as a result of the specialized evolutionary requirements of the parental genomes or may have been an obligatory step in the...
Topics
- 5-Methylcytosine
- Alleles
- Animals
- Crosses, Genetic
- Cytosine
- Dosage Compensation, Genetic
- Embryo Transfer
- Embryonic and Fetal Development
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genomic Imprinting
