Insights on imprinting from beyond mice and men

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 925, Issue , 2012, Pages 263-275

  Pask, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutherian; Genome evolution; Genomic imprinting; Marsupial; Monotreme

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867507118     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-011-3_18     Document Type: Review

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