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Chromosome imprinting is the process by which one of two genetically homologous chromosomes is predetermined to function differently from the other at a subsequent stage in development. In the coccid insects, imprinting occurs in the egg, at the time of fertilisation; it probably occurs at the same time and site in mammals, and possibly also in Sciara.
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Chandra, H., Brown, S. Chromosome imprinting and the mammalian X chromosome. Nature 253, 165–168 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/253165a0
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