uniparental disomy
genetics
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genomic imprinting
- In genomic imprinting: Imprinting and fetal development
… (or Russell-Silver syndrome), a maternal uniparental disomy (both copies of a chromosome or partial chromosome are inherited from one parent), growth restriction is present. Similar effects are found in other cases of disordered imprinting. Preeclampsia, for example, in which disordered imprinting has been implicated, also demonstrates growth restriction in utero.…
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imprinted gene mutations
- In human genetic disease: Imprinted gene mutations
…now known to result from uniparental disomy, a phenomenon whereby a child is conceived who carries the normal complement of chromosomes but who has inherited both copies of a given chromosome from the same parent, rather than one from each parent, as is the normal fashion. If any key genes…
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