Genomic imprinting

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Epigenetics And Chromatin subtree

Parent-of-origin-specific silencing via differentially methylated regions (DMRs) set in the germline. ~100 imprinted loci in mammals; disruption → Angelman, Prader-Willi, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndromes.

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