Genomic imprinting: nature and clinical relevance.

doi:10.1146/annurev.med.48.1.35

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Genomic imprinting: nature and clinical relevance.

Annual review of medicine - 1 Jan 1997

Hall J G

Abstract excerpt

Molecular genetic techniques allow investigators to trace chromosomes and genes from parent to child and, in a single individual, from tissue to tissue. These techniques have uncovered a new type of gene control in which the allele from one parent is expressed and the allele from the other parent...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Cell Division
Chromosome Mapping
Female
Gene Expression
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genomic Imprinting
Humans
Male
Neoplasms
Pedigree
Phenotype

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