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Imprinting 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.
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Imprinting
Phenomenon in which an allele at a given locus is altered or inactivated depending on whether it is inherited from the mother or father. Implies a functional difference in genes inherited from the 2 parents.
Related Terms: Allele ...
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Imprinting
If newly-hatched geese are exposed to a moving object of reasonable size and emitting reasonable sounds, they will begin to follow it just as they would normally follow their mother.
This is called imprinting.
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imprinting
A type of learned behavior with a significant innate component, acquired during a limited critical period.
inbreeding ...
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Bacterial and phage molecular genetics
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bacterial and phage molecular genetics
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imprinting A process that occurs when an animal learns to make a particular response to only one type of animal or object.
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imprinting
an aspect of learning in which there is rapid development of a response to a particular stimulus at an early stage of development.
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Genetic Imprinting
Some genes are expressed only from the maternal chromosome, while others genes are expressed only from the paternal chromosome.
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Genomic Imprinting
sometimes an allele is expressed differently if it is inherited from the mother than if it is inherited from the father.
Example: Huntington's disease is expressed earlier if inherited from the father.
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Genomic imprinting
: Differing expression of genetic material dependent on the parent-of-origin. This is due to
methylation
of one of the alleles depending of its origin. A very illustrative example is the inherited neck
tumor ...
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Shows imprinting individuals inheriting HD from their father show significantly earlier onset than those inheriting a maternal allele.
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Imprinting -- a chemical modification of a gene allele which can be used to identify maternal or paternal origin of chromosome.
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