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. 2011 Jul 20;475(7356):299-300.
doi: 10.1038/475299a.

Neuroscience: Imprinting in the brain

Edwin C Oh, Nicholas Katsanis
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Neuroscience: Imprinting in the brain

Edwin C Oh et al. Nature. .

Abstract

A gene is considered to be imprinted if only the copy inherited from the mother or from the father is expressed throughout life. But one imprinted gene, Dlk1, disobeys this rule during postnatal neurodevelopment.

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Figure 1. Dlk1 and development
Ferron et al. find that Dlk1 does not behave like a typical imprinted gene. SVZ, subventricular zone.
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