2004
EPIGENETICS AND HUMAN DISEASE
Jiang YH, Bressler J, Beaudet AL. EPIGENETICS AND HUMAN DISEASE. Annual Review Of Genomics And Human Genetics 2004, 5: 479-510. PMID: 15485357, DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genom.5.061903.180014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman diseasesComplex disease traitsRole of epigeneticsHeritable changesChromatin structureGenomic imprintingDNA sequencesEpigenetic phenotypesDisease traitsGene expressionImprinting defectsGenetic scansBeckwith-Wiedemann syndromeGenesDisease phenotypeUniparental disomyDe novoEpigeneticsPhenotypeGenetic disordersExpressionChromatinEpimutationsTraitsMutations
2002
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