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What is imprinting?

A

changes to paternal and maternal inherited alleles during gametogenesis, resulting in differential gene expression during development

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What is the origin of the X chromosome in males?

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maternal

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chromatin

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complex of DNA and histones

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difference between introns and exons

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exons are included in mature mRNA

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nucleosome

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section of DNA wrapped around proteins (approx 2 turns of DNA around 8 proteins)

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DNA methylation

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addition of a methyl group to DNA via DNMT

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