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Kinship and Genomic Imprinting

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Genomic Imprinting

Part of the book series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation ((RESULTS,volume 25))

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Genomic imprinting refers to parent-specific gene expression, that is, to a difference in gene expression depending on which parent contributed the gene. In the usual case, an allele is silent when inherited from one parent while the identical stretch of DNA would be active were it inherited from the other, but sometimes this effect is seen in some tissues and not others, or there is only a quantitative difference in gene expression, depending on parent of origin (see Horsthemke et al., Chap. 5, this vol.).

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  1. Anthropology, Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903-0270, USA

    Robert Trivers

  2. Dept. of Biology, Imperial College, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berks, UK, SL5 7PY

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Trivers, R., Burt, A. (1999). Kinship and Genomic Imprinting. In: Ohlsson, R. (eds) Genomic Imprinting. Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69111-2_1

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