Functional mapping imprinted quantitative trait loci underlying developmental characteristics

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genomic imprinting, a phenomenon referring to nonequivalent expression of alleles depending on their parental origins, has been widely observed in nature. It has been shown recently that the epigenetic modification of an imprinted ge...

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Main Authors: Li Gengxin, Li Shaoyu, Cui Yuehua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-03-01
Series:Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
Online Access:http://www.tbiomed.com/content/5/1/6