genomic imprinting
Genomic imprinting refers to a phenomenon in genetics where certain genes are expressed in a parent-of-origin-specific manner, meaning that the expression of a gene depends on whether it is inherited from the mother or father.
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Related Concepts (18)
- allele-specific gene expression
- angelman syndrome
- autosomal inheritance
- developmental genetics
- dna methylation
- epigenetics
- evolutionary consequences of genomic imprinting
- genetic assimilation
- genomic imprinting disorders
- genomic imprinting in plants
- imprinted expression of non-coding rna
- imprinted gene clusters
- imprinted retrotransposons
- imprinted x-chromosome inactivation
- maternal-effect genes
- parental imprinting
- prader-willi syndrome
- uniparental disomy