TY - JOUR AU - Kärst, Stefan AU - Vahdati, Ali R. AU - Brockmann, Gudrun A. AU - Hager, Reinmar PY - 2012 DA - 2012/08/20 TI - Genomic imprinting and genetic effects on muscle traits in mice JO - BMC Genomics SP - 408 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Genomic imprinting refers to parent-of-origin dependent gene expression caused by differential DNA methylation of the paternally and maternally derived alleles. Imprinting is increasingly recognized as an important source of variation in complex traits, however, its role in explaining variation in muscle and physiological traits, especially those of commercial value, is largely unknown compared with genetic effects. SN - 1471-2164 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-408 DO - 10.1186/1471-2164-13-408 ID - Kärst2012 ER -