Neocortical development as an evolutionary platform for intragenomic conflict

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue MARCH, 2013, Pages

  Lewitus, Eric ^a   Kalinka, Alex T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Evolution; Genomic imprinting; Mammals; Neocortex; Parent offspring conflict; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME 15; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84875507629     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2013.00002     Document Type: Article

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