Origins of extreme sexual dimorphism in genomic imprinting

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 36-40

  Bourc'his, D ^a,b   Bestor, T H ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ALLELE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CPG ISLAND; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA METHYLATION; DNMT3L GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM LINE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33645455340     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090813     Document Type: Conference Paper

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