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Three paternally imprinted regions are sequentially required in prenatal and postnatal mouse development

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The work in the authors’ laboratory is currently supported by the grant from Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2018YFC1005004 to XL) and Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (18PJ1407700 to XL).

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Li, M.J., Li, X. Three paternally imprinted regions are sequentially required in prenatal and postnatal mouse development. Sci. China Life Sci. 63, 165–168 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-019-1561-1

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