Gametic Imprinting as a Speciation Mecha
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Susannah Varmuza
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Article
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1993
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Gametic imprinting renders mammalian male and female genomes functionally hemizygous at specific loci. Successful embryogenesis can only be accomplished in the presence of both parental genomes. The mechanism of gametic imprinting is at present unknown, although circumstantial evidence suggests it i