Detection of parent-of-origin specific expression quantitative trait loci by cis-association analysis of gene expression in trios.

Parent-of-origin (PofO) effects, such as imprinting are a phenomenon in which homologous chromosomes exhibit differential gene expression and epigenetic modifications according to their parental origin. Such non-Mendelian inheritance patterns are generally ignored by conventional association studies...

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Main Authors: Paras Garg, Christelle Borel, Andrew J Sharp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3422236?pdf=render