Novel polymorphisms within the Dlk1-Dio3 imprinted locus in rat: a putative genetic basis for strain-specific allelic gene expression

The imprinted iodothyronine deiodinase-III (Dio3) thyroid hormone metabolizing gene exhibits paternal expression in most fetal tissues, yet exhibits aberrant, maternal expression in the hippocampus in F1 offspring of Sprague Dawley (SD) x Brown Norway (BN) rats. The maternal hippocampal expression i...

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Main Authors: Laura J Sittig, Eva E Redei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
rat
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2012.00296/full