Retrotransposon silencing by DNA methylation contributed to the evolution of placentation and genomic imprinting in mammals

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 533-543

  Kaneko Ishino, Tomoko ^a   Ishino, Fumitoshi ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

genomic imprinting; mammalian evolution; placenta; retrotransposon; viviparity

Indexed keywords

DNA; RETROPOSON;

COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM LINE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; REPRODUCTION; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; VIVIPARITY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GERM CELLS; MICE; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; RETROELEMENTS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77954933966     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2010.01194.x     Document Type: Review

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