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The evolution of genomic imprinting: costs, benefits and long-term consequences

Holman, Luke; Kokko, Hanna

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Genomic imprinting refers to a pattern of gene expression in which a specific parent's allele is either under-expressed or completely silenced. Imprinting is an evolutionary conundrum because it appears to incur the costs of diploidy (e.g. presenting a larger target than haploidy to mutations) while foregoing its benefits (protection from harmful recessive mutations). Here, we critically evaluate previously proposed evolutionary benefits of imprinting and suggest some additional ones. We...[Show more]

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Date published: 2014
Type: Journal article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/66209
Source: Biological Reviews
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12069

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