Researchers Look To Imprinted Genes For Clues To Fetal Growth Restriction In Cloned Swine
Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 22:21
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have found that intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), which results in low birth weight and long-term deleterious health effects in cloned swine, is linked to a type of gene -- known as an imprinted gene -- found only in placental mammals.
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