The origin and evolution of genomic imprinting and viviparity in mammals

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1609, 2013, Pages

  Renfree, Marilyn B ^a   Suzuki, Shunsuke ^a,b   Kaneko Ishino, Tomoko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eutherians; Lactation; Marsupials; Monotremes; Placentation; Retrotransposons

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DNA; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; GERM CELL; LACTATION; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; METHYLATION; MONOTREME; NEONATE; NUTRITION; VIVIPARITY;

EID: 84869436033     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0151     Document Type: Review

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