Genomic imprinting and parent-of-origin effects on complex traits

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 609-617

  Lawson, Heather A ^a   Cheverud, James M ^b   Wolf, Jason B ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW;

ALLELES; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84882448216     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3543     Document Type: Review

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