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Genomic Imprinting

"Genomic Imprinting" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The variable phenotypic expression of a GENE depending on whether it is of paternal or maternal origin, which is a function of the DNA METHYLATION pattern. Imprinted regions are observed to be more methylated and less transcriptionally active. (Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Genomic Imprinting" by people in this website by year, and whether "Genomic Imprinting" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 29 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2010
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