News tagged with genetic imprinting

Mom's influence comes first: Maternal genes dominate in developing brains, while paternal ones lead in adult-hood

(PhysOrg.com) -- Genome-wide analysis of mice brains has found that maternally inherited genes are expressed preferentially in the developing brain, while the pattern shifts decisively in favor of paternal ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast




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Adam's rib, revisited: Evolutionary divergence of mammalian sex chromosomes

(Phys.org) -- Males and females... Mars and Venus... XY and XX chromosomes -- all are common memes. At the same time, the evolution of therian (placental and marsupial) sex chromosomes is less widely understood. ...

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (14) | comments 18 | with audio podcast feature

Egg Cetera #1: The immortal egg

In the first report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, biologists Dr. Harry Leitch and Professor Azim Surani describe how advances in understanding egg development could transform reproductive ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Maternal gene causes more piglets to be born

A sow gives birth to more piglets if the DIO3 gene from its mother is expressed instead of the same gene inherited from its father. This is shown during research conducted by the Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre in Wageningen ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Express yourself: How zygotes sort out imprinted genes

Writing in the February 17, 2012 issue of the journal Cell, researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Toronto Western Research Institute peel a ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Without second wave of brown fat, young mice can't live without mama

For all those who have wondered where they'd be without their mothers, a study reported in the February Cell Metabolism puts a whole new spin on the question. Mice whose mothers pass along a mutant copy of a single imprin ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The genographic project confirms humans migrated out of Africa through Arabia

Evolutionary history shows that human populations likely originated in Africa, and the Genographic Project, the most extensive survey of human population genetic data to date, suggests where they went next. ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Ultrasensitive particles offer new way to find cancer

About 10 years ago, scientists discovered a new type of genetic material called microRNA, which appears to turn genes on or off inside a cell. More recently, they found that these genetic snippets often go ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Penn anthropologists delve into genetic history of Kazakhstan and the Mongolian expansion

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have painted the clearest picture yet of the history of the Kazakhs of the Altai Mountain Range, providing insights into the heritage of a wide swath of people in Central and ...

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gene discovery shows parents divided over brain and brawn

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Bath have discovered a gene that defies conventional rules, with the copies inherited from mum and dad doing two very different jobs.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Babies' biological clocks dramatically affected by birth light cycle

The season in which babies are born can have a dramatic and persistent effect on how their biological clocks function.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 05, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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