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Genomic Imprinting in Mice: Its Function and Mechanism1
1 Feb 1996
Abstract excerpt
Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon by which the two parental alleles of a gene are differentially expressed. Although the function of genomic imprinting is not clear, it has been proposed that it evolved in mammals to regulate intrauterine growth. This proposal is consistent with experiments that were designed to reveal the mechanism and impact of genomic imprinting in a region of mouse chromosome 7...
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