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Genomic imprinting is disrupted in interspecific Peromyscus hybrids.
Nature genetics - 1 Dec 1998
Vrana P B, Guan X J, Ingram R S, Tilghman S M
Abstract excerpt
Genomic imprinting, the unequal expression of gene alleles on the basis of parent of origin, is a major exception to mendelian laws of inheritance. By maintaining one allele of a gene in a silent state, imprinted genes discard the advantages of diploidy, and for this reason the rationale for the evolution of imprinting has been debated. One explanation is the parent-offspring conflict model, which proposes that...
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