Differential expression of a gene, depending on whether it was transmitted through the sperm or the egg.
Note: Imprinting is an epigenetic modulation of gene expression, thought to be regulated by attachment of methyl groups to the DNA, and by chromatin structure.
Source: PAC, 2016,
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