What does genetics tell us about imprinting and the placenta connection?

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-72

  Varmuza, Susannah ^a   Miri, Kamelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conflict hypothesis; Differential methylation; Genomic imprinting; Maternal effect; Oocyte; Placentation; Targeted mutation; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ASCL2 GENE; CDKN1C GENE; CPG ISLAND; DLK1 GENE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; GRB10 GENE; H19 GENE; IGF2 GENE; IGF2R GENE; KCNQ1OT1 GENE; MEST GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PEG10 GENE; PEG3 GENE; PHLDA2 GENE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLAGL1 GENE; REVIEW; RTL1 GENE; SFMBT2 GENE; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

EUTHERIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84920264790     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1714-0     Document Type: Review

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