Parent-of-origin effects probably contribute to the genetic architecture of complex traits, but they are rarely included in studies of genetic architecture. It is crucial to distinguish between ...

Humans come in a variety of heights — and genetics play a key role in determining whether you will be short or tall. There’s much more than just heredity to consider before assuming a person will ...

Scientists are closer to understanding the mechanisms underlying the phenomenon of genomic imprinting. In this intriguing event, one copy of a gene is 'turned off', or silenced, depending on whether ...

Genomic imprinting, a mechanism that mutes gene expression in a parent-of-origin manner, can be highly targeted, affecting not just particular tissues, but even tissue subregions, mere clusters of ...

Discover the evolution of genomic imprinting and its role in diseases like Prader-Willi syndrome due to parental investment dynamics. Genomic imprinting refers to genes that are silent when maternally ...

The conventional Mendelian model for diploid organisms assumes that the expression of an autosomal allele within an individual should be invariant of its sex of origin, that is, whether it is ...

Not every mom and dad agree on how their offspring should behave. But in genetics as in life, parenting is about knowing when your voice needs to be heard, and the best ways of doing so. Typically, ...

According to the 2016 Annual Review of Neuroscience, “the brain has emerged as a main target of genomic imprinting, generating great interest in how this epigenetic regulation provides stable ...

Further confirmation of a link between 'imprinting' disorders and assisted reproduction techniques (ART) was provided to the 21st annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and ...