KnowraGenomic imprintingLinked fromLinked fromThe 20 pages that link to Genomic imprinting, each with the reason it gives.All 20Broader topic 4Related 8Narrower topic 2Compared with 6Mendelian inheritanceCompared with: The same inherited allele can have different effects depending on which parent transmitted it.EpigeneticsBroader topic: Imprinting is a clear case where epigenetic marks produce parent-specific gene activity.EndospermRelated: Imprinted genes in endosperm can affect resource allocation and seed growth.Double fertilizationRelated: Parent-of-origin effects in endosperm influence seed development after fertilization.DNA methylationRelated: Differential methylation marks can distinguish maternal and paternal alleles.Chromosomal microarrayRelated: A dosage-normal microarray may miss imprinting disorders unless SNP patterns or follow-up tests provide clues.Mitochondrial inheritanceCompared with: It depends on which parent contributed an allele, not usually on organelle DNA transmission.Epigenetic inheritanceBroader topic: It is a mammalian case where parental epigenetic marks survive fertilization at selected genes.Sex-linked inheritanceCompared with: Imprinting makes parental origin matter even when a gene is not sex-linked.Seed developmentRelated: Imprinting is prominent in endosperm and can affect seed growth.Angelman syndromeRelated: In many neurons, the paternal UBE3A copy is silenced, leaving the maternal copy active.Prader–Willi syndromeNarrower topic: Silencing of the paternal genes central to this syndrome results from parent-specific gene expression.EpigenomeBroader topic: It is a clear case where epigenetic marks produce different expression from maternal and paternal copies.Sex linkageCompared with: Parent-of-origin effects can produce sex-specific pedigrees without locating a gene on a sex chromosome.Silver–Russell syndromeNarrower topic: Imprinting defects explain many molecular cases of this syndrome.Chromosome abnormalityCompared with: It can produce dosage effects without changing chromosome number or structure.Extranuclear inheritanceCompared with: It can resemble parent-specific organelle inheritance, but the genes remain nuclear.Genetic phenomenaBroader topic: It shows that an allele’s effect can depend on which parent transmitted it.Panthera hybridRelated: Parent-of-origin effects may contribute to growth differences between ligers and tigons.Trisomy 16Related: Uniparental disomy 16 can alter parent-specific expression, although chromosome 16 has no established imprinted region with a clear syndrome effect.
KnowraGenomic imprintingLinked fromLinked fromThe 20 pages that link to Genomic imprinting, each with the reason it gives.All 20Broader topic 4Related 8Narrower topic 2Compared with 6Mendelian inheritanceCompared with: The same inherited allele can have different effects depending on which parent transmitted it.EpigeneticsBroader topic: Imprinting is a clear case where epigenetic marks produce parent-specific gene activity.EndospermRelated: Imprinted genes in endosperm can affect resource allocation and seed growth.Double fertilizationRelated: Parent-of-origin effects in endosperm influence seed development after fertilization.DNA methylationRelated: Differential methylation marks can distinguish maternal and paternal alleles.Chromosomal microarrayRelated: A dosage-normal microarray may miss imprinting disorders unless SNP patterns or follow-up tests provide clues.Mitochondrial inheritanceCompared with: It depends on which parent contributed an allele, not usually on organelle DNA transmission.Epigenetic inheritanceBroader topic: It is a mammalian case where parental epigenetic marks survive fertilization at selected genes.Sex-linked inheritanceCompared with: Imprinting makes parental origin matter even when a gene is not sex-linked.Seed developmentRelated: Imprinting is prominent in endosperm and can affect seed growth.Angelman syndromeRelated: In many neurons, the paternal UBE3A copy is silenced, leaving the maternal copy active.Prader–Willi syndromeNarrower topic: Silencing of the paternal genes central to this syndrome results from parent-specific gene expression.EpigenomeBroader topic: It is a clear case where epigenetic marks produce different expression from maternal and paternal copies.Sex linkageCompared with: Parent-of-origin effects can produce sex-specific pedigrees without locating a gene on a sex chromosome.Silver–Russell syndromeNarrower topic: Imprinting defects explain many molecular cases of this syndrome.Chromosome abnormalityCompared with: It can produce dosage effects without changing chromosome number or structure.Extranuclear inheritanceCompared with: It can resemble parent-specific organelle inheritance, but the genes remain nuclear.Genetic phenomenaBroader topic: It shows that an allele’s effect can depend on which parent transmitted it.Panthera hybridRelated: Parent-of-origin effects may contribute to growth differences between ligers and tigons.Trisomy 16Related: Uniparental disomy 16 can alter parent-specific expression, although chromosome 16 has no established imprinted region with a clear syndrome effect.