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Evolution of imprinting mechanisms: the battle of the sexes begins in the zygote

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Figure 1: Epigenetic silencing and epigenetic activation.

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  1. Laboratory of Developmental Genetics and Imprinting, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK

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  2. Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany and Universität des Saarlandes, Genetik, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Jörn Walter

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Reik, W., Walter, J. Evolution of imprinting mechanisms: the battle of the sexes begins in the zygote. Nat Genet 27, 255–256 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/85804

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