… not unique to imprinted genes), we describe briefly the known mechanisms that could be
involved. Here we consider these recent advances that make the study of imprinted genes …

… of imprinting regulation in mammals and how perturbations of these systems result in human
disease. We focus on the mechanism of genomic imprinting … to imprinting mechanisms at …

… and the Igf2r gene in the Igf2r cluster are widely imprinted in embryonic and adult tissues
and may represent the primary target of the imprinting mechanism in these two clusters. (3) …

… of imprinted genes represents a clear situation in which epigenetic mechanisms restrict …
–restricted expression, phenotypes determined by imprinted genes are susceptible not only …

… mechanism by which the egg (that is, the maternal genome) strips off paternal imprints when
the … demethylation evolved after imprinting, the primordial imprinting mechanism might have …

… Imprinting is a genetic mechanism that determines expression or repression of genes according
to their parental origin. Some imprinted … needed for correct imprinting. Mutation analysis …

… neural mechanisms of imprinting is aided by the fact that behavioural aspects of imprinting
… four-day sensitive period for filial imprinting removes a complication inherent in animals that …

… epigenetic mechanisms compared with genes showing imprinted … The study of extraembryonic
imprinted expression, thus, has … about the mechanisms regulating imprinted expression in …

… Genomic imprinting determines the monoallelic expression of a small … of imprinting
mechanisms, we assessed the allele-specific expression and total expression level of four imprinted …

… Here, we describe the identification and functions of imprinted genes, cis-acting control …
of imprinted genes, imprinting mechanisms and epigenetic machinery that impacts imprinted …