A new model for parent-of-origin effect analyses applied to Brown Swiss cattle slaughterhouse data

Genomic imprinting is a phenomenon that arises when the expression of genes depends on the parental origin of alleles. Epigenetic mechanisms may induce the full or partial suppression of maternal or paternal alleles, thereby leading to different types of imprinting. However, imprinting effects have...

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Main Authors: I. Blunk, M. Mayer, H. Hamann, N. Reinsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731116002391