Genomic Imprinting : Methods and Protocols, Paperback by Ward, Andrew (EDT), ...
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Genomic Imprinting : Methods and Protocols, Paperback by Ward, Andrew (EDT), .... Genomic Imprinting : Methods and Protocols, Paperback by Ward, Andrew (EDT), ISBN 1617371645, ISBN-13 9781617371646, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Genomic imprinting is the process by which gene activity is regulated according to parent of origin. Usually, this means that either the maternally inherited or the paternally inherited allele of a gene is expressed while the opposite allele is repressed. The phenomenon is largely restricted to mammals and flowering plants and was first recognized at the level of whole genomes. Nuclear transplantation experiments carried out in mice in the late 1970s established the non-equivalence of the maternal and paternal genomes in mammals, and a similar conclusion was drawn from studies of interploidy crosses of flowering plants that extend back to at least the 1930s. Further mouse genetic studies, involving animals carrying balanced translocations (reviewed in Chapter 3), indicated that imprinted genes were likely to be widely scattered and would form a minority within the mammalian genome. The first imprinted genes were identified in the early 1990s; over forty are now known in mammals and the list continues steadily to expand.
