Sex dependent imprinting effects on complex traits in mice

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic source of variation in quantitative traits that results from monoallelic gene expression, where commonly either only the paternally- or the maternally-derived allele is expressed. Imprinting has be...

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Main Authors: Leamy Larry J, Cheverud James M, Hager Reinmar, Wolf Jason B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-10-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/303