The evolution of genomic imprinting: Costs, benefits and long-term consequences

Biological Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 568-587

  Holman, Luke ^a   Kokko, Hanna ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolvability; Genetic conflict; Mutation load; Ploidy; Population fitness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84903155651     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12069     Document Type: Article

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