Do imprinted genes have few and small introns?

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 351-353

  Haig, David ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; INTRON; MALE; MOUSE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030136918     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180504     Document Type: Article

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