A Rheostat Model for a Rapid and Reversible Form of Imprinting-Dependent Evolution
Beaudet AL, Jiang YH. A Rheostat Model for a Rapid and Reversible Form of Imprinting-Dependent Evolution. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2002, 70: 1389-1397. PMID: 11992247, PMCID: PMC379123, DOI: 10.1086/340969.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenomic imprintingRheostat modelGene expressionSelective advantageNon-Mendelian inheritanceDosage-sensitive lociMajority of variantsEpigenetic variantsEvolutionary advantageForm of evolutionSilent alleleImprintingPhenotypeIntegrated mechanismEnhanced adaptabilityExpressionDeleterious effectsEvolutionMammalsHypervariabilityWide continuumGenesMendelianLociMechanism