Molecular links between X-inactivation and autosomal imprinting: X-inactivation as a driving force for the evolution of imprinting?

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Lee, Jeannie T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 0037453015     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00162-3     Document Type: Review

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