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genomic imprinting
(redirected from Genetic imprint)

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genomic imprinting [jə¦nō·mik im‚print·iŋ]
(genetics)


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Although the underlying cause is unknown, our theory is that altered birth conditions could cause a genetic imprint in the immune cells that could play a role later in life.
It's no secret of course that the many conquerors who passed through Cyprus - Franks, Venetians, Arabs and Turks - have left their genetic imprint on the island.
Scientists at the Natural History Museum in London and the Institute of Genetics at Nottingham University want to save their genetic imprints in a "Frozen Ark" DNA bank at minus 80 deg C.
 
 
 
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