Mother and father in surprise genetic agreement

Mark Pagel ()
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Mark Pagel: The School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, University of Reading

Nature, 1999, vol. 397, issue 6714, 19-20

Abstract: In genomic imprinting, one copy of a gene is switched off depending on whether it came from the father or mother. One explanation centres on the competing interests of the two parents. Another now brings in sex-associated differences in the offspring.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1038/16142

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