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Imprinting in the brain

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A gene is considered to be imprinted if only the copy inherited from the mother or from the father is expressed throughout life. But one imprinted gene, Dlk1, disobeys this rule during postnatal neurodevelopment. See Letter p.381

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Figure 1: Dlk1 and development.

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  1. Edwin C. Oh and Nicholas Katsanis are at the Center for Human Disease Modeling, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.,

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  2. Nicholas Katsanis is also in the Departments of Cell Biology and Pediatrics.,

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