Since the turn of the century, circumstantial evidence has accumulated for the role of imprinted genes (those only expressed from one parent) in mental illnesses such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ...

The placenta, a pancake shaped organ made of cells from the mother and fetus and crisscrossed by blood vessels shuttling nutrients and other important cargo, is the linchpin of fetal development in ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 118, No. 10 (March 9, 2021), pp. 1-9 (9 pages) Mammalian genomes include many maternally and paternally imprinted ...

Whether a mouse is a good or bad parent can be traced back to imprinted genes in key neurons in the 'parenting hub' in the brain, according to a new study. Whether a mouse is a good or bad parent can ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an array that assesses methylation levels of genes located in imprint control regions (ICRs) within the human genome. The array ...

Whether a mouse is a good or bad parent can be traced back to imprinted genes in key neurons in the “parenting hub” in the brain, according to a new study by Anthony Isles of Cardiff University and ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an array that assesses methylation levels of genes located in imprint control regions (ICRs) within the human genome. The array ...

WASHINGTON -- Remember biology class, where you learned that children inherit one copy of a gene from mom and a second from dad? There's a twist: Some of those genes arrive switched off, so there is ...