Open AccessGenomic Imprinting of Grb10 : Coadaptation or Conflict?
Author(s) -
Jon F. Wilkins
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001800
Subject(s) - genomic imprinting , biology , offspring , imprinting (psychology) , parent–offspring conflict , genetics , gene , genome , evolutionary biology , human evolutionary genetics , gene expression , dna methylation , pregnancy
Knocking out the Grb10 imprinted gene in a mother compensates for the loss of the same gene in her offspring. Is this evidence of a role for coadaptation in the evolution of imprinting?
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