Key Words Flashcards

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maternal Imprinting

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marking of maternal genes by methylation, causing maternal genetic silencing and relative paternal bias

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uniparental disomy

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2 alleles are inherited from a single parent

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miRNAs

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small noncoding RNAS

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4
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What are epigenetic changes?

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heritable DNA changes which do not involve changes to the genetic sequence

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