About The Medical Condition Parental Imprinting
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Parental Imprinting
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What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Parental Imprinting?
The variable phenotypic expression of a gene depending on whether it is of paternal or maternal origin, which is a function of the methylation pattern. Imprinted regions are observed to be more methylated and less transcriptionally active. (Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
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