A catalogue of imprinted genes and parent-of-origin effects in humans and animals.
Parent-of-origin effects were first recorded >3000 years ago by mule breeders in Asia Minor. There are now several different types of evidence suggesting the presence of a large number of imprinted genes, many of which have not yet been identified. Here, we catalogue a wide range of evidence and phenomena which indicate or suggest the presence of genomic imprinting in animals. This evidence includes: the direct documentation of parent-of-origin-specific gene transcription; human disease inheritance patterns which suggest the involvement of imprinted genes; and older, less well studied animal models which may show parent-of-origin effects.
Morison
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Cancer Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand. morison@sanger.otago.ac.nz
Reeve
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D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002877:Chromosomes, Human / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D018392:Genomic Imprinting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010641:Phenotype