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Know Your Model: When parental origin matters

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Differential gene expression based on the parental origin can have a big impact on phenotype

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Fig. 1: Paternal vs. maternal inheritance influences Ndntm1Stw expression in mouse models of Prader-Willi syndrome.

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MGD is supported by program project grant HG000330 from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Bello, S.M., Perry, M.N. & Smith, C.L. Know Your Model: When parental origin matters. Lab Anim 49, 161–162 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41684-020-0550-0

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