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Imprinting

Definition(s)

The process by which maternally and paternally derived chromosomes are uniquely chemically modified leading to different expression of a certain gene or genes on those chromosomes depending on their parental origin: Definition from: GeneTests from the University of Washington and Children's Health System, Seattle
A phenomenon in which the disease phenotype depends on which parent passed on the disease gene. For instance, both Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes are inherited when the same part of chromosome 15 is missing. When the father's complement of 15 is missing, the child has Prader-Willi, but when the mother's complement of 15 is missing, the child has Angelman syndrome.: Definition from: Human Genome Project Information at the U.S. Department of Energy
A biochemical phenomenon that determines, for certain genes, which one of the pair of alleles, the mother's or the father's, will be active in that individual.: Definition from: Office of Rare Diseases at the National Institutes of Health


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