Genomic imprinting in fetal growth and development

Reproductive Medicine Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-24

  Hitchins, M P ^a   Moore, Gudrun E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CHROMOSOME 7; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; REVIEW; SILVER RUSSELL SYNDROME; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

EID: 4143057119     PISSN: 09622799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0962279904001048     Document Type: Review

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